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Palæeskimo

UK/ˌpeɪlɪˈɛskɪməʊ/

Palæeskimo is the alternative form of Paleo-Eskimo.

Meaning of Paleo-Eskimo

Noun

Paleo-Eskimo pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The inhabitants and/or native cultures of the North American Arctic region before the rise of the modern Eskimo cultures in the region; the Saqqaq, Independence I and II, and/or Dorset cultures and peoples.

Questions about Palæeskimo

What is Palæeskimo the alternative form of?
Palæeskimo is the alternative form of Paleo-Eskimo.
How do you pronounce Palæeskimo?
Palæeskimo is pronounced /ˌpeɪlɪˈɛskɪməʊ/ (UK).

Words near Palæeskimo in the dictionary

  1. palytoxins
  2. palæ-
  3. palæanthropologist
  4. palæanthropologists
  5. palæanthropology
  6. Palæeskimo
  7. palæo-
  8. palæoanthropologist
  9. palæoanthropologists
  10. palæoanthropology
  11. palæobiology

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Palæeskimo (page history and authors); Paleo-Eskimo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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