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Saqqaq

/sɑːkək/

Saqqaq noun: the Paleo-Eskimo people who inhabited west-central Greenland circa 2500–800BC and who formed the Saqqaq culture.

Noun

Saqqaq pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The Paleo-Eskimo people who inhabited west-central Greenland circa 2500–800BC and who formed the Saqqaq culture.
    • The Saqqaq have long presented a puzzle to scientists, according to study co-author Eske Willerslev, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.2010, February 10ᵗʰ: Brian Handwerk, “Face of Ancient Human Drawn From Hair’s DNA: Genome paints picture of man from extinct Greenland culture”, for National Geographic News

Origin of Saqqaq

From the Greenlandic Saqqaq, a settlement in the Avannaata municipality of western Greenland, near which archaeological excavations discovered remains of the eponymous Saqqaq culture.

Questions about Saqqaq

What does Saqqaq mean?
Saqqaq means the Paleo-Eskimo people who inhabited west-central Greenland circa 2500–800BC and who formed the Saqqaq culture.
What part of speech is Saqqaq?
Saqqaq is a noun.
How do you pronounce Saqqaq?
Saqqaq is pronounced /sɑːkək/.

Words near Saqqaq in the dictionary

  1. sapyaws
  2. sapygid
  3. sapygids
  4. saqiya
  5. saqiyas
  6. Saqqaq
  7. Saqqara
  8. saquayamycin
  9. saquayamycins
  10. saquinavir
  11. SAR

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