# indigenous

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs/ · frequency rank #5,506

## Definitions
1. Native to a land, especially before colonization.
2. Native to a land, especially before colonization.
3. Innate, inborn.
4. Original to a geographical area.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin indigenus (“native, born in a country”), from indi- (indu-), an old derivative of in (“in”), gen- the root of gignō (“give birth to”), and English -ous. Compare indigene, Ancient Greek ἐνδογενής (endogenḗs, “born in the house”), and the separately formed piecewise doublet endogenous. Unrelated to Indian.

## Common misspellings (14)
`idnigenous`, `inddigenous`, `indgienous`, `indiegnous`, `indigennous`, `indigenosu`, `indigenouss`, `indigenuos`, `indigeonus`, `indiggenous`, `indigneous`, `inidgenous`, `inndigenous`, `nidigenous`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/indigenous