Indigenous
Indigenous adjective - Belonging to a particular place by birth or origin.
Popular and indigenous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Popular" instead an adjective "Indigenous".
Nearby Word: indigene
Popular
Popular adjective - Enjoying widespread favor or approval.
Indigenous and popular are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Indigenous" instead an adjective "Popular".
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For similar reasons, spiky hairstyles are popular among latino men, since indigenous people of the Americas also have that coarse hair.
Source: Spiky Hair - Chutney music is the signature Indo-Caribbean form of music, indigenous to the southern Caribbean, originating in Trinidad & Tobago but also extremely popular in Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean.
Source: Chutney Music -
He's a syncresis of Catholic traditions and local indigenous religions of Mexico, and his cult is increasingly popular amongst the lower classes.
Source: Patron Saint
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