indigenously
Americanadverb
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within a particular country, region, population, etc.; by its own people and with its own resources; domestically.
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as a species or population originating in a given area rather than as one that originated elsewhere.
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inherently or innately.
Example Sentences
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China is increasingly using indigenously developed engines on its warplanes, such as the new J-35, a rough equivalent of the American F-35.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
Last September came the completion of what Ms Tsai considers the crowning achievement of her military program: Taiwan's first indigenously developed submarine.
From BBC ● May 20, 2024
Flavours include combinations of indigenously sourced food like pumpkin, popped maize, peanuts, sweet potato, clay, samp - a mushy dish made of dried corn kernels.
From Reuters ● Dec. 30, 2022
More than 75% of India’s new aircraft carrier’s components are indigenously procured, with half a dozen major industrial firms and over 100 smaller businesses providing equipment and machinery, according to the Defense Ministry.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
I’m not saying that food production could never, in any amount of time, have arisen in all those areas where it actually had not arisen indigenously by modern times.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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