Greenland.
A large self-governing dependent territory of Denmark, in North America. Capital and largest city: Nuuk.
Meaning & usage
A large self-governing dependent territory of Denmark, in North America. Capital and largest city: Nuuk.
The ice-covered island on which it is located, the largest island in the world (not counting Australia).
Spitzbergen, another island in Europe formerly thought to have been part of Greenland.
A surname.
A city in Arkansas.
A village in Barbados.
A ghost town in California.
An unincorporated community in Colorado.
A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
Where this word comes from
From green + land, calque of Old Norse Grǿnland, from grǿnn (“green”) + land (“land”).
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