# heterochthonous

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Not indigenous; foreign.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “other, different”) (corresponding to hetero-) + χθών (khthṓn, “earth, soil”) + -ous.

## Source
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