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)

1. The Paleo-Eskimo people who inhabited west-central Greenland circa 2500–800BC and who formed the Saqqaq culture.
   • 2010, February 10^th: 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.

See also

• Saqqaq culture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

• Sarqaq

Etymology

From saqqaq ("the sunny side").

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /saqqaq/, [sɑq.qɑq]

Proper noun

Saqqaq

1. a settlement founded in 1755 in the Qaasuitsup municipality of western Greenland

Synonyms

• Solsiden (Danish name)

See also

• Saqqaq on Wikipedia.Wikipedia