Native and Sovereign

Native

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

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

Nearby Words: nativity, natively

Sovereign adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

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Native and sovereign are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Native" instead an adjective "Sovereign".

Nearby Word: sovereignty

future	future native	future sovereign
true	true native	true sovereign
single	single native	single sovereign
real	real native	real sovereign
Other adjectives: male, young, titular, last, english.

In 2009, the Akaka Bill attempted to recognize native Hawaiians as a semi-sovereign "nation within a nation" (a legal status similar to that of mainland Native Americans, as well as Puerto Rico), but it failed to pass.

Source: Balkanize Me
In the original Weird Western setting, Native Americans have carved not one, but two sovereign nations out of American soil.

Source: Injun Country
While the colonists came to see the French and their native allies this way, the British had just as many (sovereign) native allies, not least the Confederacy of the Five Nations (Iroquois), and they, despite being designated heroes, were notorious jerkasses towards the tribes in general.

Source: Film / The Last of the Mohicans aka: Last Of The Mohicans

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