cro-magnon
/kroʊˈmænjən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.08 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The rock shelter in Les Eyzies, France, where the first Cro-Magnon Man specimens were found.
noun
The earliest known form of modern human (Homo sapiens) in Europe, dating from the late Paleolithic.
Example Sentences
- "The Cro-Magnons may have been one important step beyond the Neanderthals in social organization.[…]That the Cro-Magnons and the Neanderthals encountered each other is probable. There seems to be no more than a five-thousand-year interval between the general occupation of home sites by the Neanderthals and their replacement by Cro-Magnon tools and fossils."
- "The Cro Magnon came to live in Europe around forty thousand years ago and most educated people have heard of them. The Cro Magnon are the ones who created the remarkable cave paintings found in southern France and Spain at Lascaux and Altamira."
- "In addition, the latest evidence suggests that the "agricultural revolution" occurred sometime during the second half of the Cro-Magnon era. Anatomically, the Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon brains were approximately the same overall size."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: Cro-Magnon, Cròs-Manhon
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kroʊˈmænjən/
- British English: /kroʊˈmænjən/