Sentence examples for natives called from inspiring English sources

The natives, called Kanakas, are pretty definitely pro- Jap.

Pacific coast natives called them chinook or tyees, names which are also bestowed on great men or leaders.

The natives called it caoutchouc; we call it rubber.This extended French ramble through the Amazon is a well-known story and Robert Whitaker retells it well enough.

At a certain point in his voyage, he finds himself on an island inhabited by refined, pleasure-loving natives called the Phaeacians, and, one night over dinner, he tells them the story of his homecoming thus far.

The French of France are called "metropolitains" the French of Algeria are called "pieds noirs", which was what the natives called them, though no one is sure of the origin of this epithet.

Its original natives called it Paumanok; its current inhabitants "Long Giland".

So tax issues are what today's digital natives call #FirstWorldProblems.

"Bawlamer," as natives call it, was a seedy, shot-and-beer factory town when he became mayor.

The kickoff forecast calls for abundant sunshine and highs in the upper 60s, or as San Diego natives call it, a lousy day.

She recoils at the "smelly natives," calls most things "beastly" and prefers to laze in a drawing room perfumed by "chintz and dying flowers".

"Bawlmer", as natives call their hometown, likes to think of itself as a straight-up sort of place, where "hon" is the standard form of address.