The phrase "aboriginal name" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the original name given to a place, person, or thing by the indigenous people of that area.
Example: "The city was originally known by its aboriginal name, which reflects the rich cultural heritage of the indigenous community."
Alternatives: "indigenous name" or "native name".
It's the lizard's Aboriginal name.
Their Aboriginal name, Kata Tjuta, means "many heads".
Other beaches achieve romanticism by accident: Curl Curl, an Aboriginal name, is still the best.
TAKE ME TO THE ROCK The gigantic red monolith formerly known as Ayers Rock has now reverted to its Aboriginal name, Uluru.
A firm of London business agents is handling transactions which will put the musical aboriginal name that means "nose of kangaroo" on rackets, balls, socks and carry bags.
A firm of London business agents is handling transactions which will put the musical aboriginal name that means "nose of kangaroo" on rackets, balls, socks and carry bags.
All the aboriginal names for sections of the Rock refer to organic life, not to death.
In Australia, we should bring back into use the Aboriginal names and knowledge systems for trees and plants that are lost to everyday use.
It explains how places like Shagwong, Copeces, Ashawagh and Accabonac retained their aboriginal names, while Hands Creek, Kings Point, Hedges Banks and other local landmarks commemorated East Hampton's early white settlers.
The decision to scrap the European monikers of two mountains in central Queensland and return their titles to traditional Aboriginal names should be the impetus for extensive change in the way contemporary Australia identifies its landforms and places.
The police were warning motorists to stay off the roads, but we continued farther up the northern peninsula, past towns with Aboriginal names like Te Kao and Te Hapua, until we arrived at a wooden cabin, in the afternoon.
