autochthony
/ɔːˈtɑːkθəni/
noun
- The state or quality of being native to a place; indigenousness.
- The museum's exhibit explores the autochthony of the region's first peoples.
- The scientist's research confirmed the autochthony of the species to that island.
- Debates about autochthony often arise in discussions of land rights.
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