heyerdahl

Hey·er·dahl

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hey-er-dahl]
- /ˈheɪ ərˌdɑl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hey-er-dahl]
- /ˈheɪ ərˌdɑl/

Definitions of heyerdahl word

noun heyerdahl Thor [too r] /tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1914–2002, Norwegian ethnologist and author. 1
noun heyerdahl Thor (tɔː). 1914–2002, Norwegian anthropologist. In 1947 he demonstrated that the Polynesians could originally have been migrants from South America, by sailing from Peru to the Pacific Islands of Tuamotu in the Kon-Tiki, a raft made of balsa wood. DNA testing in the late 1990s indicated that such a migration did not actually take place 0

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heyerdahl popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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