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Autochthon (ancient Greece) In ancient Greece, the concept of autochthones (from Ancient Greek αὐτός autos "self," and χθών chthon "soil"; i.e. "people sprung from earth itself") means the indigenous inhabitants of a country, including mythological figures, as opposed to settlers, and those of their descendants who kept themselves ...
Autochthon (geology) An autochthon in structural geology is a large block or mass of rock which is in the place of its original formation relative to its basement or foundation rock. The word is derived from Greek: autos means self, and chthon means earth. It can be described as rooted to its basement rock as opposed to an allochthonous block ...
Autochthon (geology), a sediment or rock that can be found at its site of formation or deposition. Autochthon (nature), or landrace, an indigenous animal or plant. Autochthonous landrace, a plant or animal that is native to a particular agricultural system. Autochthonous transmission, the spread of disease between two individuals in the same place.
Allochtoon (plural: allochtonen) is a Dutch word (from Greek: ἀλλόχθων, from ἄλλος allos 'other' and χθών chthōn 'soil, earth, land', literally meaning "emerging from another soil". It is the opposite of the word autochtoon (in English "autochthonous" or "autochthon"; from Greek αὐτόχθων, from αὐτός autos ...
Indigenous peoples in Canada ( French: Peuples autochtones au Canada, also known as Aboriginals) [2] are the Indigenous peoples within the boundaries of Canada. They comprise the First Nations, [3] Inuit, [4] and Métis. [5] Although "Indian" is a term still commonly used in legal documents, the descriptors "Indian" and "Eskimo" have fallen ...
From an alternative language: This is a redirect from a page name in French to a page name in English.These words may directly translate or they may be related words, names or phrases.
The French Southern and Antarctic Lands [6] ( French: Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, TAAF) is an overseas territory ( French: Territoire d'outre-mer or TOM) of France. It consists of: Adélie Land ( Terre Adélie ), the French claim on the continent of Antarctica. Crozet Islands ( Îles Crozet ), a group in the southern Indian ...
UNODC calculated a rate of 6.9 in 2010. [9] UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) reported a global average intentional homicide rate of 6.2 per 100,000 population for 2012 (in their report titled "Global Study on Homicide 2013"). [10] [11] In the 2019 edition, the global rate was estimated at 6.1 per 100,000 for 2017.