Born
Born adjective - Being such from birth or by nature.
Usage example: a born artist and largely self-taught, John Singleton Copley was producing accomplished portraits by the time he was in his late teens
Native
Native adjective - Belonging to a particular place by birth or origin.
Usage example: though she now lived in the Northeast, she was a native Midwesterner
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Even in the base game, though, it's possible for a character to inherit his name, culture, and religion from his native-born father but his looks from his exotic-born mother.
Source: Video Game / Crusader Kings - Towards the end of the show, he's forced to admit that he himself isn't native to Florida either since, by his reckoning, no one has been born in the state in over a century.
Source: Boomerang Bigot -
Only native Hawaiians (meaning the Polynesian natives, not just natural-born citizens of Hawai'i) are allowed to travel to Ni'ihau for anything longer than a brief tour.
Source: Useful Notes / Hawai'i
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