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Native Hawaiian
native hen
native land
Native North American
Native People
native son
Native South American
native speaker
native tongue
nativism
Nativity
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natriuretic factor
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native tongue
na·tive tongue (plural na·tive tongues)


noun 
Definition:
 
somebody's first language: the first language that somebody learns to speak
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