List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 252

SYNONYMS: native, indigenous, endemic, aboriginal.
These adjectives mean of, belonging to, or connected with a specific place or country by virtue of birth or origin.

Native implies birth or origin in the specified place: a native Frenchman; the native North American sugar maple.
Indigenous specifies that something or someone is native rather than coming or being brought in from elsewhere: The tomato is indigenous to South America. The Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan.
Something endemic is prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality or people: Food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world.
Aboriginal describes what has existed from the beginning; it is often applied to the earliest known inhabitants of a place: aboriginal chiefs; the aboriginal population; aboriginal nature.