These adjectives mean of, belonging to, or connected with a specific place or country by virtue of birth or origin. Native implies birth or origin in the specified place: a native New Yorker; the native North American sugar maple.
Today, there are over five million Native Americans in the US, about 80% of whom live outside reservations. As of 2020, the states with the highest percentage of Native Americans are Alaska, Oklahoma, Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas. [16][17]
especially : a person who has always lived in a place as distinguished from a visitor or a temporary resident. native, indigenous, endemic, aboriginal mean belonging to a locality. native implies birth or origin in a place or region and may suggest compatibility with it.
go native, to adopt the way of life of a place or environment that is different from one's own (sometimes used facetiously): I don’t usually drink alcohol, but at the frat party I went native and played beer pong with everyone else.
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A native of a particular country or region is someone who was born in that country or region.
to go native: (of a person living away from their home country or region) to adopt the culture, customs, or way of life of the country or region one is living in.