| Aleut |
a member of a native people of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. |
| American Indian |
a member of any of the native peoples of North America, Central America, South America, or the West Indies, except for Eskimos. American Indians are also called Native Americans. |
| balsam fir |
a tree of the pine family, native to Canada and the northeastern United States. It is an evergreen tree and is cut for lumber and Christmas trees. |
| Bangladeshi |
a native or citizen of Bangladesh. [1/2 definitions] |
| brave |
a Native American warrior. [1/3 definitions] |
| Brazilian |
a native or citizen of Brazil. [1/2 definitions] |
| Burmese |
a native or citizen of Myanmar. [1/3 definitions] |
| Cajun |
a person of French Canadian descent, now usually native to Louisiana. [1/2 definitions] |
| Canadian |
a native or citizen of Canada. [1/2 definitions] |
| canary |
a small yellow or greenish bird often kept as a pet. Canaries are native to the Canary Islands and are a kind of finch. [1/2 definitions] |
| Cherokee |
a member of a Native American people that used to live in the southeastern United States. The Cherokee now live mostly in Oklahoma and also in North Carolina. |
| Cheyenne |
a member of a Native American people that now lives in Montana and Oklahoma. [1/2 definitions] |
| Eskimo |
an old-fashioned word used for a member of any of the native peoples of northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and northeastern Russia. Most of the people of these northern regions are Inuits. |
| Ethiopian |
a native or citizen of Ethiopia. [1/2 definitions] |
| eucalyptus |
a kind of tall evergreen tree native to Australia. The eucalyptus has leaves that give off a strong smelling oil that is used in medicines. |
| fig |
a soft fruit, with many small seeds, that grows on a tree native to the Mediterranean, or the tree on which the fruit grows. |
| Filipino |
a native or citizen of the Philippines. |
| grammar |
the rules for forming the words and sentences of a language. Some of these rules have to be learned. Other rules are already in the head of a native speaker. For example, a native English speaker would not say, "I a cat bitten by was," because the grammar does not make sense. When one learns a new language, most of the rules of its grammar have to be learned. [1/2 definitions] |
| Hausa |
a language of parts of Nigeria and Niger in Africa. Hausa is also used in and near these countries as a means of communication between people who do not share the same native language but know Hausa to some degree. |
| hogan |
a type of house built by the Navajo and other Native American people. A hogan is made of earth walls supported by logs. |
| homeland |
one's native country or region. |