====== Natives ======
native - //[ ney-tiv ]//  \\ 
See synonyms for: native / natives / natively 
===== adjective =====
Being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: \\ 
  * one's native land.
  * belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature; 
  * inherent:
  * native ability;
  * native grace.

Belonging by birth to a people regarded as indigenous to a certain place, especially a preliterate people: \\ 
  * Native guides accompanied the expedition through the rainforest.
  * of indigenous origin, growth, or production:\\ 
  * native pottery.

==== Noun ====
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.: \\ 
  * the natives of Chile.
  * a person born in a particular place or country:
  * a native of Ohio.
  * an organism indigenous to a particular region.

**British.** an oyster reared in British waters, especially in an artificial bed.

**Astrology.** a person born under a particular planet:
''Capricorn natives are practical, collected, and reliable allies to have in a crisis.''