how to pronounce indigenous
/ˌɪnˈdɪdʒənəs/
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indigenous is pronounced in four syllables
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An example use of indigenous in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… facing our indigenous communities and …”
meanings of indigenous
adjective:
- Alternative letter-case form of indigenous (“native, relating to the native inhabitants of a land").
- Innate, inborn.
- In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture.
- Born or originating in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
indigenous frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR
the word indigenous occurs in english on average 10.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics indigenous can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that indigenous can be often used in the following areas:
1) life, nature, and living environment;
2) people, society, and culture;
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