native

/ˈneɪtɪv/ adjective

Translation

BORN IN [always before noun] › Your native town or country is the place where you were born.

asıl..., ana..., doğum yeri olan

It was a custom in his native Algeria. She is a native-born Texan.460

LANGUAGE [always before noun] › Your native language is the first language you learn.

ana ... (dil)

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PEOPLE [always before noun] › relating to the people who lived in a country first, before other people took control of it

yerli

the native inhabitants/population 666

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

yerli ... (hayvan, bitki vs.); ...da/de yetişen/yaşayan

a large bird native to Europe460

(Definition of native adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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