🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

アボリジニ

Pronunciation / Transliteration: aborijini

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Aborigine/ˌæbəˈrɪdʒəni/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"アボリジニの人々は豊かな文化を持っています。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An Indigenous inhabitant of Australia, belonging to the world's oldest continuous living culture.

    "The rich cultural heritage of the Australian Aborigine spans tens of thousands of years."
  2. 2

    An original or earliest known inhabitant of a country or region; a native.

    "The history of the region's first aborigines is preserved through oral tradition."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'Aborigine' originates from the Latin word 'aborigines', which refers to the original inhabitants of a place. It was adopted into English in the early 17th century, primarily to describe the indigenous peoples of Australia, but has since been used more broadly to refer to the original inhabitants of any region.

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