indigenous inhabitants
collocation in Englishmeaningsofindigenousandinhabitant
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indigenous
adjective
uk/ɪnˈdɪdʒ.ɪ.nəs/us/ɪnˈdɪdʒ.ə.nəs/
used to refer to, or relating to, the people who originally lived in a place, rather than people who moved there from somewhere ...
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inhabitant
noun[C]
uk/ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/us/ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/
a person or animal that lives in a ...
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Neither has there been an important attempt to uncover the anthropological past of the indigenous inhabitants.
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A major break occurred, however, in 1753 when cases between indigenous inhabitants were exempted from the court unless both parties in a case agreed to submit their dispute before it.
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Alternatively, if the presence of predecessors is acknowledged, the newcomers can incorporate the indigenous inhabitants in a variety of ways and co-opt their mystical powers in relation to the land.
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The indigenous inhabitants retreat before the flood.
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I cannot quite understand why there are no indigenous inhabitants.
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Perhaps that was saved in the end by the vigilance of the indigenous inhabitants.
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At the same time the natural environment of the indigenous inhabitants is being further destroyed and thus condemned to death.
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We developed the great tin and rubber industries to the benefit not only of the indigenous inhabitants and ourselves but of the world.
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There is the stage at the very beginning where there is no kind of responsibility or representation given to the indigenous inhabitants.
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It consists of a largely barren island peak of volcanic rock and has no indigenous inhabitants.
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They have more money than the indigenous inhabitants.
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There are no indigenous inhabitants in the normal sense of the word.
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The matter ought also to be considered from the point of view of the indigenous inhabitants of the countries concerned.
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In regard to the population of the island, it is true that there are no indigenous inhabitants.
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This involves the sustainable extraction of raw materials, sustainable transport, conditions for scientific research, the protection of nature and, last but not least, the rights of the indigenous inhabitants.
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It comes close to what in a previous debate we were calling positive discrimination, namely, discrimination in favour of the minority communities and aganst the indigenous inhabitants.
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The movements, which are steadily increasing, appear to be a new way of protesting against the unbearable political and socioeconomic situation of the indigenous inhabitants of these territories.
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There must necessarily be a lengthy period of preparation and instruction before the indigenous inhabitants can hope to make a business success of such a vast and complex agricultural experiment.
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This determined the presence of large sandstone beds are isolated, called tepuis in the language of the indigenous inhabitants of the region.
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