Dictionary Check: aboriginal

"aboriginal" is a valid word!

Scrabble 13 points
Words with Friends 17 points

Definition

adjective

characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning

Example: "native Americans"
Synonyms:
adjective

having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state

Example: "aboriginal forests"
noun

an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

Example: "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"

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