autochthons

noun

variants or autochthones
plural of autochthon
as in aborigines
a member of the first people to inhabit a region the remains of a settlement once occupied by the island's autochthons are much older than previously thought

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natives
Noun
  • The fund backs music and arts curriculums in public schools inspired by Brooklyn natives Jean-Michel Basquiat and Max Roach.
    — James LaForge, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Columbus, for all his accomplishments in exploration, also had a brutal history of killing, raping, and enslaving natives, and forcing cultural assimilation and Christianity during his conquest of the Americas.
    — Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 12 Oct. 2026
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