native+land

  • 31land — land1 W1S1 [lænd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(ground)¦ 2¦(not sea)¦ 3¦(country)¦ 4¦(not city)¦ 5¦(property)¦ 6 see/find out how the land lies 7 in the land of the living 8 the land of milk and honey 9 (in) the land of nod ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32land — I n. soil ground 1) to clear land (to clear land of trees and brush) 2) to cultivate; irrigate; redistribute land 3) arable; barren; fertile; grazing; marginal land 4) private; public land 5) a plot of land solid surface of the earth 6) to raise …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 33land */*/*/ — I UK [lænd] / US noun Word forms land : singular land plural lands Collocations: Country is the usual word for talking about a large area of land with recognized political borders, like Italy, Mexico, or Japan: Brazil is a big country. ♦ the… …

    English dictionary

  • 34native — natively, adv. nativeness, n. /nay tiv/, adj. 1. being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one s native land. 2. belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature; inherent: native ability; native… …

    Universalium

  • 35native — na|tive1 W3 [ˈneıtıv] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(country)¦ 2 native New Yorker/population/inhabitants etc 3 native language/tongue 4¦(plant/animal)¦ 5¦(art/custom)¦ 6¦(natural)¦ 7 go native ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: natif, from …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 36native — /ˈneɪtɪv / (say naytiv) adjective 1. being the place or environment in which one was born or a thing came into being: one s native land. 2. (sometimes followed by to) belonging to a person or thing by birth or nature; inborn; inherent; natural:… …

  • 37native — 1 adjective (only before noun) 1 COUNTRY your native country, town etc is the place where you were born: a visit by the Pope to his native Poland | They never saw their native land again. 2 native New Yorker/Londoner/Californian etc a person who… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 38native — na•tive [[t]ˈneɪ tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one s native land[/ex] 2) belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature; inherent: native ability[/ex] 3) pan… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 39native*/ — [ˈneɪtɪv] adj I 1) living in a particular country or area since birth My wife s a native New Yorker, but I m from Atlanta.[/ex] After a long stay in England he s back in his native land (= the country that he was born in).[/ex] 2) native plants,… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 40native —   Kama āina, maoli, ōiwi, kupa, keiki papa.   Also: kulāiwi, āpa akuma, mauki.    ♦ Native land, one hānau, kulāiwi; kuapuiwi (rare).    ♦ Native son, keiki hānau o ka āina, ēwe hānau o ka āina.    ♦ Native born, papa.    ♦ Native bird, manu kama …

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