cro-magnon

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   extinct human of Upper Paleolithic in Europe

   BroaderHomo sapiens

   Part ofgenus Homo

Questions about cro-magnon

What does cro-magnon mean?

cro-magnon means "extinct human of Upper Paleolithic in Europe".

How many syllables are in cro-magnon?

cro-magnon has 3 syllables: cro--mag-non. The stress falls on "cro-".

Is cro-magnon a common word?

cro-magnon is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.