Aborigine
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Aborigine (originated from Latin ab origine, meaning "from the origin or beginning") refers in a general sense to:
- Indigenous peoples, peoples with a prior or historical association with a land, and who maintain (at least in part) their distinct traditions and association with the land, and are differentiated in some way from the surrounding populations and dominant nation-state culture and governance
Additionally, several specific indigenous peoples are commonly referred to as "Aborigines" in English usage:
- Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
- Indigenous Australians other than Torres Strait Islanders
- Tasmanian Aborigines, the indigenous inhabitants of the island of Tasmania, Australia
- Aboriginal peoples in Canada, indigenous peoples recognized in the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982
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