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indigenous meaning in Nepali

स्वदेशी

UK/ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs/US/ɪnˈdɪd͡ʒənəs/

indigenous in Nepali: स्वदेशी. In English, indigenous means native to a land, especially before colonization.

Nepali words for indigenous

स्वदेशी

English meaning of indigenous

  1. adjective Native to a land, especially before colonization.
  2. adjective In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture.
  3. adjective Innate, inborn.
  4. adjective Original to a geographical area.

Full definition of indigenous

indigenous in a sentence

  • The Aboriginals were indigenous to Victoria before the World War.
  • The Ainu are the indigenous ethnic group of Japan's Hokkaido Island.
  • That style of pottery is indigenous to that region.

Synonyms of indigenous

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Questions about indigenous in Nepali

What is the meaning of indigenous in Nepali?
Indigenous in Nepali is स्वदेशी.
indigenous को नेपाली अर्थ के हो?
Indigenous: स्वदेशी.
What does indigenous mean in English?
Indigenous means native to a land, especially before colonization.

Source and license

Nepali words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “indigenous”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: indigenous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Nepali words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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