Indigenous

English

Adjective

Indigenous (not comparable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of indigenous (“native, relating to the native inhabitants of a land”).
   • 2021 November 25, Brandon Tensley, “National Day of Mourning turns Thanksgiving into something more honest”, in CNN‎:

     Many Indigenous people use the day not only to remember the suffering inflicted in the 1620s but also to point out the struggles that Indigenous people continue to face today in the form of, on top of so much else, violence against women and girls.

Usage notes

• See usage notes at indigenous regarding capitalization of the term.

Derived terms

• Indigenous Australian