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Aborigine (originated from Latin ''ab origine'', meaning "from the origin or beginning") refers in a '''general''' sense to:

Indigenous Peoples , Displaced peoples with a prior or historical ownership of a land, and who maintain (at least in part) their distinct traditions and association with the land, and are differentiated in some way from the surrounding populations and dominant nation-state culture and governance.

Additionally, several specific indigenous people are commonly referred to as "Aborigines" in English usage:

Indigenous Australians other than Torres Strait Islanders

Tasmanian Aborigines , the indigenous inhabitants of the island of Tasmania, Australia

Taiwanese Aborigines , the indigenous people of Taiwan

Aboriginal Peoples In Canada , indigenous people recognized in the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982