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'''Aborigine''' can mean: | |||
'''Aborigines''' (adjective: aboriginal) are in general the peoples who were the first inhabitants of a land, or with some identified pre-existing or prior association to a land (''see ]''). Other similar descriptions include '''native peoples''', '''tribal peoples''', '''First Peoples''', ''']''' and '''autochthonous'''. | |||
*], indigenous peoples recognized in the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982 | |||
*], the indigenous peoples of Taiwan | |||
*], the people who lived in the Australia and its nearby islands before the arrival of European settlers in 1788 | |||
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The word derives from the Latin: ''ab origine'', "from the origin"; applied originally to refer to the inhabitants of the region of ] or more generally Italy as a whole, and thereafter to indigenous inhabitants of any given region. | |||
Peoples commonly (but perhaps not neutrally) referred to as '''Aborigine''' (by English speakers) notably include: | |||
*''' ]''' in ] | |||
* ''']s:''' in ] | |||
* ''']:''' in ], also referred to as ''Australian Aborigines'' | |||
A further list and description of these and other aboriginal or indigenous peoples over and above those listed here, as well as discussion on some common themes, can be determined at ]; however, not all of these these groups are referred to specifically as "Aborigines" by English speakers. | |||
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Aborigine can mean:
- Aboriginal peoples in Canada, indigenous peoples recognized in the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982
- Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
- Indigenous Australians, the people who lived in the Australia and its nearby islands before the arrival of European settlers in 1788
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