Adopted and Native

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Adopted

Adopted adjective - Acquired as your own by free choice.
Usage example: my adopted state
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Native is an antonym for adopted.
Nearby Words: adoption, adopting, adoptee, adoptive, adoptability

Native

Native adjective - Belonging to one by birth.
Usage example: my native land
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Adopted is an antonym for native.
Nearby Words: nativity, natively
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  • God Save Us from the Queen! Another reason was that very often queens were foreigners to the countries of which they became queens (through marriage) and therefore became victim to xenophobic prejudices, especially if there arose a conflict of interests or even a shooting war between the queen's native and adopted countries.
    Source: God Save Us from the Queen!
  • In an episode of Teen Titans, Shortly after Starfire reunites with Galfore, Her adopted father, they exchange rather menacing greetings in their native tongue.
    Source: Friendly Tickle Torture
  • Magical Native American African tribals rather than Native Americans, but in the Artemis Fowl series, the fairies drop off mind-wiped humans in the African savanna to be adopted by nearby tribes.
    Source: Magical Native American
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