Native and Popular

Native

Native adjective - Belonging to a particular place by birth or origin.

Popular and native are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Popular" instead an adjective "Native".

Nearby Words: nativity, natively

Popular

Popular adjective - Enjoying widespread favor or approval.

Native and popular are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Native" instead an adjective "Popular".

Both words in one sentence

  • Spam "sushi" (actually Spam musubinote a type of onigiri, a plain steamed rice ball which is topped instead of stuffed like the normal onigiri, as the rice isn't sushi rice), in particular, is a popular state food (even Barack Obama, a Hawaii native, is a known connoisseur of the dish).
  • Fun Lovin' Criminals are popular in the UK but hardly known in their native New York.
  • Münchener Freiheit, more usually known in the English-speaking world simply as Freiheit, are a pop/rock band who are very popular in their native Germany.
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