"Native American" meaning in English

See Native American in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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Head templates: {{en-adj|more}} Native American (comparative more Native American, superlative most Native American)
  1. Of the American Indians. Derived forms: Native American myopathy Related terms: First Nations, First Peoples, American Indian, Amerindian, Amerind, Indian, Euro-American
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Noun

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  1. A member of some Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
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  2. An Indigenous person of the contiguous United States. Categories (place): Native Americans Translations (person — see also Indian): ᎠᏴᏫᏯᎢ (ayvwiyai) (Cherokee), intiaani (Finnish), amérindien [masculine] (French), amérindienne [feminine] (French), nativo americano [masculine] (Galician), მკვიდრი ამერიკელი (mḳvidri ameriḳeli) (Georgian), ადგილობრივი ამერიკელი (adgilobrivi ameriḳeli) (Georgian), აბორიგენი ამერიკელი (aborigeni ameriḳeli) (Georgian), ინდიელი (indieli) (Georgian), αυτόχθων αμερικανός (aftóchthon amerikanós) [masculine] (Greek), Frumbyggjar Ameríku [masculine, plural] (Icelandic), maqlaqs (Klamath-Modoc), Bitsįʼ yishtłizhii (Navajo), Caahiksicaahiks (Pawnee), Hamespun American (Scots), Native American (Scots), Tùsanach Aimeireaganach [masculine, plural] (Scottish Gaelic), nativo americano [masculine] (Spanish), jashto [Guatemala, masculine] (Spanish), jashte [Guatemala, feminine, masculine] (Spanish), Amerika Yerlileri (Turkish)
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  3. (dated) A resident of the United States who is not an immigrant. (Often uncapitalized: native American.) Tags: dated Categories (topical): Demonyms Categories (place): Native Americans Hypernyms: aboriginal, aborigine, autochthon, indigene, Native, native, person, person of color, POC Holonyms: First Nations [Canada]
    Sense id: en-Native_American-en-noun-kRDRDnrt Disambiguation of Demonyms: 23 4 32 40 Disambiguation of Native Americans: 3 1 45 51 Categories (other): Terms with Cherokee translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Cherokee translations: 16 3 38 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 21 4 41 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 20 4 39 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 19 4 42 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 15 3 36 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 19 4 41 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 19 4 42 35 Synonyms: American Indian, Amerind [rare], Amerindian [Latin-America], First American, Indian, Indigenous American, Indigenous North American, Injun [dated, offensive], injun [dated, offensive], Native American, NDN [slang], Red Indian [dated, offensive], red man [dated, offensive], redman [dated, offensive], redskin [dated, offensive] Hyponyms: Apache, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Hopi, Kiowa, Lakota, Navajo, Ojibwa, Oneida, Sioux

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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