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AUTOCHTHON

Definition: AUTOCHTHON

AUTOCHTHON

Noun

1. That which is original to a particular country, or which had there its origin.

2. One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Autochthon \Au*toch"thon\, noun; plural English Authochthons, from Latin expression Autochthones. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression, plural, from the land itself; a'yto`s self earth, land.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definition: AUTOCHTHON

DomainDefinition

Mining

A body of rocks that remains at its site of origin, where it is rooted to its basement. Although not moved from their original site, autochthonous rocks may be mildly to considerably deformed. CF:allochthon;stationary block. Also spelled autochthone. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: AUTOCHTHON

English words defined with "AUTOCHTHON": Authochthons, Autochthones. (references)
Specialty definitions using "AUTOCHTHON": allochthon. (references)
Non-English Usage: "AUTOCHTHON" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

German (indigenous, native).

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Commercial Usage: AUTOCHTHON

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: AUTOCHTHON

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

autochthon

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: AUTOCHTHON

Language Translations for "AUTOCHTHON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

autoktoni, vendës (aboriginal, aborigine, indigene, native, native born). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏أحد أبناء البلاد الأصليين. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

кореняк (old timer), автохтон (aboriginal), първоначален жител. (various references)

   

Czech

  

praobyvatel. (various references)

   

French

  

autochtone (autochthonal, autochthonous). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

õslakos. (various references)

   

Italian

  

autoctono (autochthonous). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

착민 (Autochthones). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

autochthonay

   

Portuguese

  

aborígene (aboriginal, aborigine, native), índio (Indian). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

bãştinaş (aboriginal, autochtonous, indigenous, native, native born). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

коренной житель (aborigine). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

autóctono (autochthonous, indigenous, native). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yerli (aboriginal, american indian, autochthonous, domestic, domicilled, habitant, homemade, indigenous, inhabitant, local, native, native born, resident), bir yerin yerlisi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: AUTOCHTHON

Derivations

Words beginning with "AUTOCHTHON": autochthones, autochthonous, autochthonously, autochthons. (additional references)


Misspellings

"AUTOCHTHON" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: autochthone, autocthon. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "AUTOCHTHON"

Words rhyming with "AUTOCHTHON" (pronounced 'Au*toch"thon'): Anacoluthon, Antichthon, Ornithon, Python. (additional references)

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Anagrams: AUTOCHTHON

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-h-h-n-o-o-t-t-u"

-2 letters: nuthatch.

-4 letters: ahchoo, cahoot, chaunt, cotton, haunch, honcho, hootch, nautch, octant, outact, thatch, toucan.

-5 letters: achoo, canto, chant, chott, conto, cotan, cotta, count, couth, hatch, haunt, hooch, hotch, hunch, hutch, nacho, natch, notch, nucha, octan, tanto, taunt, tooth, touch, unhat.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-h-h-n-o-o-t-t-u"
 

+1 letter: autochthons.

 

+2 letters: autochthones.

 

+3 letters: autochthonous.

 

+5 letters: autochthonously.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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