1) An aboriginal inhabitant
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1) Indigene
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[ancient Greece] Autochthones (from Ancient Greek αὐτός autos `self,` and χθών khthon `soil`; i.e. `people sprung from earth itself`) are the original inhabitants of a country as opposed to settlers, and those of their descendants who kept themselves free from an admixture of foreign peoples. In mythology autochthones are those mo...
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[geology] An autochthon in structural geology is a large block or mass of rock which is in the place of its original formation relative to its basement or foundation rock. It can be described as rooted to its basement rock as opposed to an allochthonous block or nappe which has been relocated from its site of formation. While an autochthon ...
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• (n.) One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians. • (n.) That which is original to a particular country, or which had there its origin.Autochthon:...
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(from the article `Cecrops`) ...as arbiter during the dispute between the deities Athena and Poseidon for the possession of Attica (the west pediment of the Parthenon shows the ...
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The first inhabitants of a country or area of land. In Greek mythology, the autochthons were supposed to have sprung from the rocks and trees. ...
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Au·toch'thon noun ;
plural English
Authochthons Latin
Autochthones [ Latin , from Greek ..., plural ..., from the land itself;
a'yto`s self + ... earth, land.]
1. One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original ...
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autochthon 1. The earliest known inhabitants of a place, or earliest known dwellers in any country; an aborigine. 2. Someone who is supposed to have risen, or have sprung, from the ground, or the soil he is currently inhabiting; a 'son of the soil'. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians. 3. That which is origin...
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an aboriginal inhabitant. · one of the indigenous animals or plants of a region. · a geological formation formed in the region where found. Cf. allochthon.
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