Greenland
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From green + land, calque of Old Norse Grœnland, from grœnn (“green”) + land (“land”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Greenland
- A large self-governing territory in North America that is politically a part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
- The ice-covered island on which it is located, the largest island in the world (not counting Australia).
- (obsolete) 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 New Hampshire
- A community in Nova Scotia, Canada
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Translations[edit]
a large self-governing island in North America
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Anagrams[edit]
Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse Grœnland, from grœnn (“green”) + land (“land”).
Proper noun[edit]
Greenland
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- English compound words
- English terms calqued from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English surnames
- English words suffixed with -land
- en:Arkansas, USA
- en:Barbados
- en:California, USA
- en:Cities
- en:Colorado, USA
- en:Denmark
- en:Exonyms
- en:Islands
- en:New Hampshire, USA
- en:Nova Scotia
- en:Towns
- en:Villages
- en:West Virginia, USA
- Scots terms derived from Old Norse
- Scots lemmas
- Scots proper nouns