[ abə'rɪdʒɪn(ə)l ]
■ adjective inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists; indigenous.
↘( Aboriginal ) relating to or denoting the Australian Aboriginals.
■ noun
1》 an ~ inhabitant.
↘( Aboriginal ) a person belonging to one of the indigenous peoples of Australia.
2》 ( Aboriginal ) any of the Australian Aboriginal languages.
Derivatives
Aboriginality noun
Origin
C17: from L. aborigines (see aborigine ) + -al .