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, Displaced peoples with a prior or historical ownership of 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 people are commonly referred to as "Aborigines" in English usage:
- Indigenous Australians other than Torres Strait Islanders
- Tasmanian Aborigines, the indigenous inhabitants of the island of Tasmania, Australia
- Victorian Aborigines, the indigenous inhabitants of the state of Victoria, Australia
- Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous people of Taiwan
- Aboriginal peoples in Canada, indigenous people recognized in the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982