adjective

 

born in Your native town or country is the place where you were born.

It was a custom in his native Algeria.

 

language Your native language is the first language you learn.

a native speaker of English (= someone who learned English as their first language)

 

people relating to the people who lived in a country first, before other people took control of it

the native inhabitants/population

 

animals and plants Native animals or plants live or grow naturally in a place, and have not been brought from somewhere else.

a large bird native to Europe

 

noun

 

born someone who was born in a particular place

He's a native of Texas.

 

original people an old-fashioned and often offensive word for a person who lived in a country, for example an African country, before Europeans went there