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Definition of Autochthon
1. Noun. The earliest known inhabitants of a region.
Definition of Autochthon
1. n. One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.
Definition of Autochthon
1. Noun. The earliest inhabitant of an area, an aborigine. ¹
2. Noun. (geology) An autochthonous rock formation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Autochthon
1. [n -ES or -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Autochthon
Literary usage of Autochthon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"... autochthon ("Earth-born Aboriginal") who mixed straw with clay for ...
or autochthon (afterwards called Ouranos, Uranus), whose sister was Gë, " Earth. ..."
2. The Great Valley by Edgar Lee Masters (1916)
"VII autochthon In a rude country some four thousand miles From Charles' and
Alfred's birthplace you were born, In the same year. ..."
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