Saqqaq

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

Noun

 * 1) The Paleo-Eskimo people who inhabited west-central Greenland circa 2500–800BC and who formed the Saqqaq culture.
 * 2) * 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.

Alternative forms

 * Sarqaq

Etymology
From saqqaq ("the sunny side").

Proper noun

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