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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

土著

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tǔzhù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Autochthon/ɔːˈtɒk.θən/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #15420 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这些植物是该岛的土著物种。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An original inhabitant of a place; an aborigine or indigenous person rather than a settler or colonist.

    "The anthropologists studied the culture of the region's autochthons to understand pre-colonial traditions."
  2. 2

    A native plant or animal species that originated in the specific environment where it is found.

    "This rare vine is an autochthon of the Mediterranean basin, perfectly adapted to the local soil."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek 'autochthōn', composed of 'autos' (self) and 'chthōn' (earth, land). It entered English in the 17th century via Neo-Latin, originally used in biological and anthropological contexts to denote an indigenous species or population originating naturally in the place where found.

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