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Synonyms autochthonal, autochthonic, endemic, indigenous


autochthonous rocks and people and folktales.
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A klippe is a solitary outcrop of the nappe in the middle of autochthonous material.
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Debate has long been dominated by issues concerning autochthonous Indian populations.
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It is very wrong to confuse pastoralists with an autochthonous way of life.
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This statute preserves the rights of the autochthonous German-speaking minority in Italy.
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There are approximately 5.4 million autochthonous Slovaks in Slovakia.
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They're counter-vernacular, aloof of any connection to the autochthonous.
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There are also claims of autochthonous Urartian hieroglyphs, but this remains uncertain.
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There is some literature written by members of the autochthonous minorities in Austria.
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Autochthonous people who remained in the former Memel territory were dismissed from their jobs.
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More examples
  • Of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed
  • Autochthonal: originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"
  • Native to the place where found; indigenous; Originating where found; Buried in place, especially of a fossil preserved in its life position without disturbance or disarticulation
  • Locally transmitted by mosquitoes. Differentiated from imported, congenital, or blood-borne malaria.
  • Refers to something formed in its present location. Antonym of allochthonous.
  • Another word for indigenous or native-born.
  • Refers to carbonate particles formed within the basin of deposition
  • Native; indigenous (adjective); this arcane word means the same as native and indigenous, and those are older and well-accepted expressions.
  • Material, particularly within sediments and sedimentary rocks, that has formed or grown in situ and has not been transported.