Kachemak Bay

adjective

Kach·​e·​mak Bay

¦kachəˌmak¦bā

: of or relating to a Pacific Eskimo and Aleutian culture of about a.d. 100–1700 characterized by sealing and by the development of southwest Alaskan types of artifacts and the introduction of foreign traits

Word History

Etymology

Kachemak Bay, locality south of Anchorage, south central Alaska, where remains of the culture were discovered

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