Native American.

Brit.

/ˌneɪtɪv əˈmɛrᵻkə/, U.S.

/ˌneɪdɪv əˈmɛrəkə/

Forms: also with lower-case initial

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: native adj., America n.

Etymology: < native adj. + America n., after Native American n.

Originally: the land occupied by indigenous peoples in the Americas, esp. North America. In later use: the indigenous peoples of the United States of America considered collectively, esp. as a cultural or political entity.

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1783 Elements Geogr. 44 What do you mean by Native America? I mean all those northern and western parts of it which are inhabited by the native Americans.

1866 B. Seeman in Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 4 321 The Taro..formed the principal bread of all the South-Sea Islanders..and the Manioc.., that of the rude inhabitants of native America.

1930 Pan-Amer. Mag. Aug. 79/2 [He forced] his own inherited European ideas upon the natives, until now nine-tenths of the story that could have been written of native America is wrecked and lost forever.

1992 P. G. Allen Sacred Hoop (new ed.) 158 Coyote tales abound all over native America.

2012 A. Lonetree Decolonizing Museums iv. 133 It [sc. the museum] is..able to address the ongoing legacies of historical unresolved grief that are so prevalent throughout Native America.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	native america
释义	Native American. Brit. /ˌneɪtɪv əˈmɛrᵻkə/, U.S. /ˌneɪdɪv əˈmɛrəkə/ Forms: also with lower-case initial Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: native adj., America n. Etymology: < native adj. + America n., after Native American n. Originally: the land occupied by indigenous peoples in the Americas, esp. North America. In later use: the indigenous peoples of the United States of America considered collectively, esp. as a cultural or political entity. ΚΠ 1783 Elements Geogr. 44 What do you mean by Native America? I mean all those northern and western parts of it which are inhabited by the native Americans. 1866 B. Seeman in Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 4 321 The Taro..formed the principal bread of all the South-Sea Islanders..and the Manioc.., that of the rude inhabitants of native America. 1930 Pan-Amer. Mag. Aug. 79/2 [He forced] his own inherited European ideas upon the natives, until now nine-tenths of the story that could have been written of native America is wrecked and lost forever. 1992 P. G. Allen Sacred Hoop (new ed.) 158 Coyote tales abound all over native America. 2012 A. Lonetree Decolonizing Museums iv. 133 It [sc. the museum] is..able to address the ongoing legacies of historical unresolved grief that are so prevalent throughout Native America. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1783
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