indigenous

1. 1.

   originating where it is found

   “the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo”

   “autochthonous rocks and people and folktales”

   “endemic folkways”

   “the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan”

   Synonymsautochthonalautochthonicautochthonousendemic

   Similarnative

Questions about indigenous

What does indigenous mean?

indigenous means "originating where it is found".

How many syllables are in indigenous?

indigenous has 4 syllables: in-dig-e-nous. The stress falls on "dig". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈdɪdʒənəs/.

What is another word for indigenous?

Close synonyms include autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is indigenous a common word?

indigenous is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.