Topic: ANTHROPOLOGY
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | natif, from Latin nativus, from natus; NATION |
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na‧tive1 W3
1 your native country, town etc is the place where you were born [↪ home]: 
They never saw their native land again.He spent most of his professional life outside his native Poland.
country
SAN [only before noun]They never saw their native land again.He spent most of his professional life outside his native Poland.2 a person or people who come from or have always lived in a particular place
native New Yorker/population/inhabitants etc
3 the language you spoke when you first learned to speak [= first language]: English is not the native language for almost half of our overseas visitors.
native language/tongue
SLLEnglish is not the native language for almost half of our overseas visitors.4 growing, living, produced etc in one particular place [= indigenous]:
plant/animal
HBPHBA5 native customs, traditions etc are related to people who lived in a particular country before European people arrived there : the native traditions of Peru stalls selling native jewelry native folklore
art/custom
SA [only before noun]the native traditions of Perustalls selling native jewelrynative folklore6 a native ability is one that you have naturally from birth : her native wit
natural
[only before noun]her native wit7 to behave, dress, or speak like the people who live in the country where you have come to stay or work - used humorously : Austen has been living in New Guinea so long he's gone native.
go native
SAAusten has been living in New Guinea so long he's gone native.