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paleoindian

paleoindian is the alternative form of Paleo-Indian.

Meaning of Paleo-Indian

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

See all 2 meanings of Paleo-Indian

Noun capitalized: Paleoindian

Paleoindian (plural Paleoindians)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Paleo-Indian.

Forms of paleoindian

pluralpaleoindians
pluralPaleoindians

Questions about paleoindian

What is paleoindian the alternative form of?
Paleoindian is the alternative form of Paleo-Indian.
What part of speech is paleoindian?
Paleoindian is a noun.
What is the plural of paleoindian?
The plural of paleoindian is paleoindians.

Words near paleoindian in the dictionary

  1. paleoichthyologists
  2. paleoichthyology
  3. paleoillustrator
  4. paleoillustrators
  5. paleoimmunology
  6. paleoindian
  7. paleoindians
  8. paleoindication
  9. paleoindications
  10. paleoindicator
  11. paleoindicators

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paleoindian (page history and authors); Paleoindian (page history and authors); Paleo-Indian (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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