Saqqaq

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/sɑːkək/

noun

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

OriginGreenlandic Saqqaq →
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Meanings

nounSaqqaq pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyThe Paleo-Eskimo people who inhabited west-central Greenland circa 2500–800BC and who formed the Saqqaq culture.
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    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.

Origin

  1. GreenlandicSaqqaq
  2. EnglishSaqqaq

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

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APA

Saqqaq. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Saqqaq

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“Saqqaq.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Saqqaq. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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