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paleo-eskimo

/ˌpeɪlioʊˈɛskɪmoʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables
pa-le-o-eski-mo
IPA
/ˌpeɪlioʊˈɛskɪmoʊ/
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The inhabitants and/or native cultures of the North American Arctic region before the rise of the modern Eskimo cultures in the region; the Saqqaq, Independence I and II, and/or Dorset cultures and peoples.

Etymology

From paleo- (“old, primeval”) + Eskimo. The scholar David J. Meltzer writes that the people are "badly named: there is nothing to indicate they are ancestral Eskimo or spoke an Eskimo language; today's Eskimo refer to them as the Tuniit".

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌpeɪlioʊˈɛskɪmoʊ/

Inflected Forms

Palaeo-Eskimo (alternative) Palaeoeskimo (alternative) Paleoeskimo (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Neoeskimo

Questions

How do you pronounce paleo-eskimo?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpeɪlioʊˈɛskɪmoʊ/.
What does paleo-eskimo mean?
The inhabitants and/or native cultures of the North American Arctic region before the rise of the modern Eskimo cultures in the region; the Saqqaq, Independence I and II, and/or Dorset cultures and peoples.
Where does paleo-eskimo come from?
From paleo- (“old, primeval”) + Eskimo. The scholar David J. Meltzer writes that the people are "badly named: there is nothing to indicate they are ancestral Eskimo or spoke an Eskimo language; today's Eskimo refer to them as the Tuniit".

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