native

Definitions of native in various dictionaries:

noun - an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

noun - a person born in a particular place or country

noun - indigenous plants and animals

adj - characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

adj - belonging to one by birth

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

adj - as found in nature in the elemental form

Existing in or belonging to one by nature; innate: native ability.

Being such by birth or origin: a native Scot.

Being one’s own because of the place or circumstances of one’s birth: our native land.

Originating, growing, or produced in a certain place or region; indigenous: a plant native to Asia.

Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the original inhabitants of a particular place.

Occurring in nature pure or uncombined with other substances: native copper.

Natural; unaffected: native beauty.

Archaic.

One born in or connected with a place by birth: a native of Scotland now living in the United States.

One of the original inhabitants or lifelong residents of a place.

These adj ectives mean of, belonging to, or connected with a specific place or country by virtue of birth or origin.

noun - an original inhabitant of an area