Greenland
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Greenland
- /ˈɡɹiːn.lənd/ UK, US
- /ˈɡɹiːn.lænd/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From green + land, calque of Old Norse Grǿnland, from grǿnn (“green”) + land (“land”).
proper noun Greenlands
- A large self-governing dependent territory of Denmark, in North America. Capital and largest city: Nuuk. What’s been less well understood is how President Trump’s idle musing has added another chapter to the long history of Greenland and its people being viewed simply as a resource to be exploited by larger powers.
- The ice-covered island on which it is located, the largest island in the world (not counting Australia). To most people, the huge ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland are merely water that once was snow. To glaciologists and climatologists, they are storehouses of the Earth's former atmospheres.
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: thule, grenada, iceland, greenlandic, grenade, black, harp, halibut, turbot, rasmussen, grassland, pasture, meadow, greensward, meadowland, prairie
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name a large self-governing island in North America
| Español | Groenlandia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 그린란드 Geurillandeu |
| 日本語 | グリーンランド Gurīnrando |
| 中文 | 格陵蘭 /格陵兰 Gélínglán |
| हिन्दी | ग्रीनलैण्ड grīnlaiṇḍ |
| Kiswahili | Grinlandi |
| Français | Groenland |
| Deutsch | Grönland |
| Italiano | Groenlandia |
| Ελληνικά | Γροιλανδία Groilandía |
| Română | Groenlanda |
| Русский | Гренла́ндия Grenlándija |
| Tiếng Việt | Grơn-len |
| العربية | جِرِينْلَانْد girīnlānd, غِرِينْلَانْد ḡirīnlānd |
| עברית | גְּרִינְלַנְד grínland |
Talk about this word "Greenland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/greenland. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Greenland. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/greenland "Greenland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/greenland.Cite this
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title = {Greenland},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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