Hyphenation of aboriginal

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word aboriginal? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

abo-rig-i-nal

Definitions of aboriginal:

1.	A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
2.	An indigenous person who was born in a particular place The art of the natives of the northwest coast The Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students
3.	Of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of Australia An Aboriginal rite
4.	Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning Native Americans The aboriginal peoples of Australia
5.	Having existed from the beginning In an earliest or original stage or state Aboriginal forests Primal eras before the appearance of life on earth The forest primeval Primordial matter Primordial forms of life

Synonyms of aboriginal:

adj	native
adj	primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial, early
noun	Aborigine, Abo, Aboriginal, native Australian, Australian Aborigine, Australian, Aussie, ethnic group, ethnos

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.