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Solutrean

adj · name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /səˈlu.tɹi.ən/
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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the Solutrean.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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adj

Meaning 2

Of or pertaining to the Solutrean material culture or the Solutrean hypothesis.

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Usage: not-comparable

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name

Meaning 3

One of the final stages of the Paleolithic, c. 22000–17000 BCE.

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noun

Meaning 4

A member of a hypothetical Paleolithic people who migrated from Europe to North America in the context of the widely rejected Solutrean hypothesis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2018 Historically Speaking: The Solutrean Migration It was deemed the explorers would have originated in Spain, France and Portugal. They must have traveled along the ice sheets in animal-skin boats, simlar to those of the the Inuits. These tribes, called Solutreans, settled in at least five separate regions surrounding Chesapeake Bay.

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History

Etymology

From French Solutréen, named in 1872 by Gabriel de Mortillet after a prehistoric site situated by the Rock of Solutré.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: solutréen — pertaining to the Solutrean
  • Polish: solutrejski — pertaining to the Solutrean
  • French: Solutréen — stage of Paleolithic
  • Polish: kultura solutrejska — stage of Paleolithic