Saqqaq
English
Etymology
From the Greenlandic Saqqaq, a settlement in the Avannaata municipality of western Greenland, near which archaeological excavations discovered remains of the eponymous Saqqaq culture.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑːkək/
Noun
Saqqaq 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
Saqqaq culture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Greenlandic
Alternative forms
- Sarqaq
Etymology
From saqqaq ("the sunny side").
Pronunciation
- (Nuuk) IPA(key): [sɑq.qɑq]
Proper noun
Saqqaq
- a settlement founded in 1755 in the Qaasuitsup municipality of western Greenland
Synonyms
- Solsiden (Danish name)
See also
Saqqaq on Wikipedia.Wikipedia