autochthonous
pronunciation
How to pronounce autochthonous in British English:
UK [ɔ:'tɒkθənəs]
How to pronounce autochthonous in American English:
US [ɔ'tɑkθənəs]
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- Adjective:
- of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed
- originating where it is found
Word Origin
- autochthonous (adj.)
- "native, indigenous," 1845, from autochthon + -ous.
Example
- 1. Top-ten autochthonous chinese all sorts of evil-doers in legend ( group of pictures )
- 2. Local varieties and other autochthonous material .
- 3. The autochthonous laying stones technique in peng-hu : the research of primeval culture in architecture .
- 4. K collected autochthonous folk melodies and used them in his compositions .
- 5. Excavating the value of " autochthonous resource " about chinese modern constitutionalism , marks out scientifically work project and system criterion , is a important task of constitutionalism research in up-to-date china .