aboriginal 
ab·origi·nal (ab′ə rij′ə nəl)
adjective
- existing (in a place) from the beginning or from earliest days; first; indigenous
- of or characteristic of aborigines
noun
an aboriginal animal, plant, or person
aboriginal
modif.
Modifies a noun
- tribe: Members of the aboriginal tribes now live mainly in the central mountains.
- inhabitant: Pre 20th Century History Whatever aboriginal inhabitants the islands may have had left no trace of their existence.
- tourism: It is their aim to ensure that aboriginal tourism in Canada benefits the aborigines.
- painting: The springy, arching line of George's drawing reminds me of the Dreamtime images of aboriginal paintings.
- culture: The students were encouraged in particular to think about aboriginal culture.
- population: The social division corresponds roughly, no doubt, to the race distinction between the true Celts and the aboriginal populations subdued by them.
Soy el cantor deAme¤ rica auto¤ ctono y salvaje; mi lira tiene un alma, mi canto un ideal. Mi verso no se mece colgado de un ramaje con un vaive¤ n pausado de hamaca tropical. I am the aboriginal and savage singer of America; my lyre has a soul, my song has an ideal. My poetry does not swing from the branches with the slow movement of a tropical hammock.
The Aboriginal writer is a Janus-type figure with one face turned to the past and the other to the future while existing ina postmodern, multicultural Australia inwhich he or she must fight for cultural space.
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