Saqqaq
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Greenlandic Saqqaq, a settlement in the Avannaata municipality of western Greenland, near which archaeological excavations discovered remains of the eponymous Saqqaq culture.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSaqqaq pl (plural only)
- The Paleo-Eskimo people who inhabited west-central Greenland circa 2500–800BC and who formed the Saqqaq culture.
- 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
- 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
See also
edit- Saqqaq culture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Greenlandic
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Alternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom saqqaq ("the sunny side").
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSaqqaq
- a settlement founded in 1755 in the Qaasuitsup municipality of western Greenland
Synonyms
edit- Solsiden (Danish name)
See also
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