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allochthone

allochthone noun: inhabitants of a country with an ethnic background in another country, particularly people of Middle Eastern background living in Europe. Also the alternative form of allochthon.

Noun

allochthone (plural allochthones)

  1. Inhabitants of a country with an ethnic background in another country, particularly people of Middle Eastern background living in Europe.
    • The idea was no sooner mooted, than we were reliably informed that we would have to play down considerably the Muslim component, sheltering behind a broader allochthone scout concept.2004, John Eade, Dyab Abou Jahjah, Rosemary Bechler, Identities on the move, →ISBN, page 44
    • Immigration and differential fertility behaviour of immigrants may lead to a substantial demographic substitution of the authochthone by the allochthone population in specific urban areas or regions.2005, Dragana Avramov, R. L. Cliquet, Integrated Policies on Gender Relations, Ageing and Migration in Europe, →ISBN, page 44
  2. An animal species that lives only part of its life in a particular habitat.
    • The latter again consists of two groups: the autochthone (those that live permanently in the ice all their lives) and the allochthone (those that are associated with ice only for part of their lives, or for part of the year only).2005, Arnoldus Schytte Blix, Arctic Animals and Their Adaptations to Life on the Edge, →ISBN, page 44

Also used as

allochthone is also the alternative form of allochthon.

Forms of allochthone

pluralallochthones

Questions about allochthone

What does allochthone mean?
Allochthone means inhabitants of a country with an ethnic background in another country, particularly people of Middle Eastern background living in Europe.
What part of speech is allochthone?
Allochthone is a noun.
What is the plural of allochthone?
The plural of allochthone is allochthones.

Words near allochthone in the dictionary

  1. allochronous
  2. allochrony
  3. allochroous
  4. allochrous
  5. allochthon
  6. allochthone
  7. allochthoneity
  8. allochthones
  9. allochthonic
  10. allochthonous
  11. allochthonously

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