First Nations

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英語

詞源1

1980，源自 first + nation。

名詞

First Nations 複 (僅複數)

1. (加拿大) 加拿大原住民（通常不包括因紐特人或梅蒂人），第一民族；印第安人
   • 2001, Quebec, Francois Remillard, Hunter Publishing, Inc, →ISBN，頁號 27:

     Generally speaking, the works of First Nations artists were made with materials such as wood, leather or cloth.

     一般來說，加拿大原住民藝術家的作品是用木材、皮革或布料等材料製作的。

2. (加拿大，不常見) （任何國家或地區的）原住民
   • 2006, Scott Simon, "Formosa's First Nations and the Japanese：from colonial rule to postcolonial resistance," Japan Focus, ISSN 1557-4660, [1]:

     As “savages” become soldiers, and soldiers become social activists, the tribe has rapidly developed a First Nations identity as advocates of both stripes mobilize memories of past resistance in different contexts. Whether the state is green or blue, therefore, Taroko memories will continue to shape the relationship between state and tribe.

3. (澳大利亞) 澳大利亞原住民（澳大利亞土著與托雷斯海峽島民）
   • 2022, Stephen T. Garnett, Golo Maurer, Georgia E. Garrard, “Why Australian common bird names should respond to societal change”, 出自 Emu: Austral Ornithology, 卷 122, 期 2，頁號 150:

     Among the 1692 Australian species and subspecies on the BirdLife Australia Working List V3 (excluding vagrant and introduced taxa [...]), 18.7% derive from unrelated entities (e.g. shrike-tit that is neither shrike nor tit). Just 82 reflect First Nations names for birds (1.6%) or places (3.3%)

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

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First Nations (無比較級)

1. First Nation的另一種寫法

詞源2

名詞

First Nations

1. First Nation 的複數