"Paleo-Eskimo" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌpeɪlioʊˈɛskɪmoʊ/ [US]
Etymology: 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". Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|paleo|Eskimo|t1=old, primeval}} paleo- (“old, primeval”) + Eskimo Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Paleo-Eskimo pl (plural only)
  1. 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. Tags: plural, plural-only Synonyms: Palaeo-Eskimo, Palaeoeskimo, Paleoeskimo, Palae-Eskimo [dated, uncommon], Palaeeskimo [rare], Palæ-Eskimo, Palæeskimo (english: rare; archaic or used by non-native speakers) Related terms: Neoeskimo

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