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Paleo-Indian

Paleo-Indian adjective: pertaining to Native American culture before circa 8,500 BCE.

Adjective

Paleo-Indian (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to Native American culture before circa 8,500 BCE.
    Synonyms:
    lithic

Noun

Paleo-Indian (plural Paleo-Indians)

  1. Any person belonging to the first indigenous peoples who settled in the Americas or lived there before circa 8,500 BCE.
    Synonyms:
    Paleo-American

Synonyms of Paleo-Indian

Forms of Paleo-Indian

pluralPaleo-Indians

Origin of Paleo-Indian

From paleo- + Indian.

Questions about Paleo-Indian

What does Paleo-Indian mean?
Paleo-Indian means pertaining to Native American culture before circa 8,500 BCE.
What part of speech is Paleo-Indian?
Paleo-Indian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Paleo-Indian in the dictionary

  1. paleo-earthquake
  2. paleo-eolian
  3. Paleo-Eskimo
  4. paleo-high
  5. paleo-highs
  6. Paleo-Indian
  7. Paleo-Indians
  8. paleo-ocean
  9. paleo-oceanic
  10. paleo-oceanographic
  11. paleo-oceanographical

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