Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
American Aboriginal peoples,Amerigines . - adjective Of or pertaining to Ameriginal
peoples . - adjective First; original;
indigenous ; primitive; native; as, the Ameriginal tribes of America. Alsoameriginal , especially when not referring to people. - noun An Aboriginal inhabitant of The Americas, Amerigine.
- proper noun Any of the native
languages spoken by original Americans.
Etymologies
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From american, from Modified Latin Americanus (America from Latinized name of Amerigo Vespucci, Italian navigator of 1512) plus, from Middle English origine, from Latin origo ("beginning, source, birth, origin").
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Examples
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Today the plant is grown on primitive plots, chewed and made into tea by the Ameriginal peoples of the Andes and they use it to increase stamina, resist cold, altitude and hunger.
An Ounce of Gold and an Ounce of Cocaine, a Trillion Dollar Deficit and a War in Vain 2009
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Today the plant is grown on primitive plots, chewed and made into tea by the Ameriginal peoples of the Andes and they use it to increase stamina, resist cold, altitude and hunger.
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