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natural.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
natural.
Principal English Translation: 

a person native to a certain place, an indigenous person (noun); indigenous (adjective)
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in English: 

Rare as a loanword. In Spanish, typically seen in the plural, los naturales, to speak of the indigenous people of New Spain.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

ytechcopa naturales oquitatanj corregidor ompoval matlacti ypan navi tutulin = A los naturales, el corregidor les exigió 54 gallinas.
Nuestro pesar, nuestra aflicción / tunetuliniliz, tucucuca; Memorias en lengua náhuatl enviadas a Felipe II por indígenas del Valle de Guatemala hacia 1572, introduction by Cristopher H. Lutz, paleography and translation by Karen Dakin (México: UNAM and Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica, 1996, 86–87.

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Race, Ethnicity, Identity