Usually means: Native or indigenous to area.
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  1. autochthon: Merriam-Webster
  2. autochthon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. autochthon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. autochthon: Collins English Dictionary
  5. autochthon: Vocabulary.com
  6. autochthon: Wordnik
  7. autochthon: Wiktionary
  8. autochthon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. autochthon: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Autochthon, autochthon: Dictionary.com
  11. autochthon: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Autochthon (ancient Greece), Autochthon (geology), Autochthon (nature), Autochthon (person), Autochthon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Autochthon: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. autochthon: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. Autochthon: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. autochthon: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. autochthon: FreeDictionary.org
  18. autochthon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. autochthon: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. autochthon: Merriam-Webster

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  1. autochthon: Legal dictionary

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  1. autochthon: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (autochthon)

noun:  (formal) The earliest inhabitant of an area; an aborigine.
noun:  (geology) A large mass of rock in the place of its original formation, rooted to its basement (foundation rock) as opposed to an allochthon or nappe which has shifted from the place of formation; an autochthonous rock formation.

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