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American

n. a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country

American

n. a native or inhabitant of the United States

native

n. a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous person

American, American language, American English

n. the English language as used in the United States

American

adj. of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream"

native

adj. belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native language"

native

adj. characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"

native

adj. as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper"

native, aboriginal

adj. characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"

native, inbred, inborn, connatural

adj. normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of the good"

citizen

n. a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

countryman, compatriot

n. a person from your own country

natural

n. someone regarded as certain to succeed; "he's a natural for the job"

savage, barbarian

n. a member of an uncivilized people

resident, occupant, occupier

n. someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

endemic, autochthonous, autochthonal, autochthonic, indigenous

adj. originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"

congenital, inborn, innate

adj. present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development

basic, fundamental, ultimate, elemental

adj. furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme; "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life"

immanent, subjective

adj. of a mental act performed entirely within the mind; "a cognition is an immanent act of mind"

axenic, uncontaminated

adj. used of cultures of microorganisms; not contaminated by or completely free of the presence of other organisms; "an axenic culture"

clean, unpolluted

adj. "clean water"; "unpolluted streams"

clear

adj. (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell"

fine

adj. free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine"

plain, sheer, unmixed, unmingled

adj. not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"

sublimate, refined, purified

adj. made pure

unadulterated

adj. not mixed with impurities; "unadulterated maple syrup"

unalloyed

adj. free from admixture; "unalloyed metal"; "unalloyed pleasure"

undefiled, uncorrupted

adj. (of language) not having its purity or excellence debased; "uncorrupted English"; "learn to speak pure English undefiled"- Van Wyck Brooks

innate, born

adj. being so through innate qualities: "a natural leader"; "a born musician"; "an innate talent"

earthy

adj. not far removed from or suggestive of nature; "the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow"; "earthy smells of new-mown grass"

primitive, elemental

adj. being or resembling a force of nature: "elemental violence"; "primitive passions"

instinctive, instinctual

adj. unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct; "a cat's natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"

intuitive, visceral, glandular

adj. spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency; "an intuitive revulsion"

alien, foreigner, outlander

n. a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

adopted, adoptive

adj. acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"

foreign

adj. relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"

alien, strange, exotic

adj. being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"

nonnative

adj. not being or composed of aborigines; "the nonnative population of South Africa"

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