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Word: Autochthon
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: via Latin from Greek, literally ‘sprung from the earth’, from autos ‘self’ + khthōn ‘earth, soil’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɔːˈtɒkθ(ə)n
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an original or indigenous inhabitant of a place.
Short Definition:original or indigenous inhabitant of place
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