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Aborigine¹

  • /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ə.ni/ US
  • /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/ US

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Back-formation from Aborigines.

noun Aborigines

  1. dated, offensive An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian. Aborigines not to be counted in reckoning population.

    Similar: Aboriginal, Aboriginal people, Aboriginal Australian

aborigine²

  • /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/ US

noun aborigines

  1. countable, uncountable A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people.
  2. countable, in plural, uncountable The native flora and fauna of an area.

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noun Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian

한국어오스트레일리아 원주민 oseuteureillia wonjumin, 호주 원주민 hoju wonjumin
日本語アボリジニ aborijini
中文澳洲原住民 Àozhōu yuánzhùmín, 原住民 yuánzhùmín
Portuguêsaborígine
FrançaisAborigène
DeutschAborigine
ΕλληνικάΑβορίγινας Avoríginas
Românăaborigen
Русскийабориге́н aborigén, абориге́нка aborigénka

noun aboriginal inhabitant of a country

Españolaborigen, indígena
한국어원주민 wonjumin, 토착민 tochangmin
日本語アボリジニ aborijini, 原住民 genjūmin
中文原住民 yuánzhùmín, 土著 tǔzhù
Portuguêsaborígene, nativo, indígena
Françaisaborigène, autochtone
DeutschAborigine, Urbewohner
Italianoaborigeno
Ελληνικάιθαγενής ithagenís
Русскийабориге́н aborigén, тузе́мец tuzémec, коренно́й жи́тель korennój žítelʹ, автохто́н avtoxtón
العربيةسَاكِن أَصْلِيّ sākin ʔaṣliyy

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@misc{aborigine_2026,
  title = {aborigine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aborigine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}