Vocabulary
Indigenous
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.
Urdu meaning
دیسی، ملکی، فطری علاقہ رکھنے والا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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How else would the river have been used as a colonial device for the subjugation of indigenous people and the creation of an underclass?
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Dams & colonialism
— 2026-04-19
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This directly counters recentmoves to remove or contextualise monuments to Columbus due to his controversial legacy regarding the colonisation and treatment of indigenous peoples.
Dawn Editorials —
Choking on their own venom
— 2026-04-07
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Pakistan already possesses defence production infrastruc-ture and a substantial base of technical expertise demonstrated by its indigenous fighter jet and drone programmes.
Dawn Editorials —
Through defence
— 2026-03-16
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Long before the arrival of Buddhism and later Islam, the region was shaped by an indigenous belief system known as Bön.
Dawn Editorials —
What the mountains can teach us
— 2026-01-24
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Indigenous festivals should be formally integrated into disaster planning, water management and food security strategies.
Dawn Editorials —
What the mountains can teach us
— 2026-01-24
Synonyms
native, aboriginal, local; original, earliest, first, initial; ancient, primeval, primordial;
Antonyms
expatriate, migrant, adventitious
Curator example
“the indigenous peoples of Siberia”
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