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Native Americans

Native Americans is the plural of Native American.

Meaning of Native American

Noun

Native American (plural Native Americans)

  1. A member of any of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Native American.
  2. In particular, a member of any of the Indigenous peoples of North America, or sometimes in particular the United States.
    • One of Chomsky's most recent books, Year 501: the Conquest Continues (1993), offers a panoramic view of what he sees as five hundred years of US terror and oppression, beginning with the treatment of the Native Americans and continuing through the Gulf War.1998, Philip Green, Robert Benewick (editors), The Routledge Dictionary of Twentieth-century Political Thinkers, page 43

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Noun capitalized: native Americans

native Americans

  1. (plural) plural of native American

Questions about Native Americans

What is Native Americans the plural of?
Native Americans is the plural of Native American.
What part of speech is Native Americans?
Native Americans is a noun.

Words near Native Americans in the dictionary

  1. Native American givers
  2. Native American myopathy
  3. Native Americanesque
  4. Native Americanism
  5. Native Americanisms
  6. Native Americans
  7. native bear
  8. native bears
  9. native bread
  10. native breads
  11. native bundle

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