Aborigines

Aborigines

See also: aborigines and aborígines

English

Etymology

Latin aborigines, from ab- (“from”) + origo (“origin, beginning”)

Proper noun

Aborigines

1. original inhabitants, natives.
2. (Roman mythology) The earliest inhabitants of central Italy, from whom the Latins were said to have descended.
3. The native peoples of various regions, especially the Australian Aboriginal peoples, but also the original inhabitants of Canada and Argentina.

Translations

the Australian Aborigine peoples

Greek: Αβορίγινες (el) m pl (Avorígines) Russian: абориге́ны (ru) m pl (aborigény)

Turkish: Aborjinler pl

the earliest inhabitants of central Italy

Portuguese: aborígines m pl

Noun

Aborigines

1. plural of Aborigine

Anagrams

• baignoires