Greenland

English Etymology en :af green land :calque non:Grǿnland From en green land, en non Grǿnland 1, from non grǿnn green land land 1. Pronunciation en /ˈɡɹiːn.lənd/ /ˈɡɹiːn.lænd/ UK,US en en-us-Greenland.ogg US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Greenland.wav Southern England Proper noun thumb|alt=A map of Greenland|Greenland, a home country of the Kingdom of Denmark. ~ en Q223en A large self-governing <<dependent territory>> of <<c/Denmark>>, in North America Nuuk. en Matthew H. Birkhold A Brief History of the Indignities Heaped Upon Greenland w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/opinion/trump-greenland-denmark.html 2019-08-22 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20200716234635/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/opinion/trump-greenland-denmark.html en The ice-covered <<island>> on which it is located, the largest island in the world (not counting Australia). en 1988-04-14 Richard Fifield Frozen assets of the ice cores New Scientist 1608 28 https://books.google.com/books?id=8CLAlJR6kuEC&pg=PA28&dq=%22glaciologists%22&hl=&cd=2&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22glaciologists%22&f=false 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. en Matthew H. Birkhold A Brief History of the Indignities Heaped Upon Greenland w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/opinion/trump-greenland-denmark.html 2019-08-22 Modern Danish colonization of Greenland began with what today might also seem like a joke. https://web.archive.org/web/20200716234635/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/opinion/trump-greenland-denmark.html en obsolete Spitzbergen, another island in Europe formerly thought to have been part of Greenland. en. en city s/Arkansas. en village c/Barbados. en ghost town s/California. en unincorporated community s/Colorado. en town co/Rockingham County s/New Hampshire.TopoZone: Greenland, New Hampshire en community p/Nova Scotia c/Canada. en unincorporated community s/West Virginia. Derived terms en Terms derived from Greenland Greenland blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium groenlandicum species) Greenland brachythecium moss (Brachythecium groenlandicum species) Greenland buttercup (Ranunculus auricomus species) Greenland crabseye lichen (Ochrolechia groenlandica species) Greenland cod (Gadus macrocephalus ogac subspecies) Greenland cup lichen (Cladonia cornuta subsp. groenlandica subspecies) Greenland dicranum moss (Dicranum groenlandicum species) Greenland dove (Cepphus grylle species) Greenlander Greenland falcon (Falco candicans species) Greenland gerfalcon (Falco rusticolus species) Greenlandic Greenlandish greenlandite Greenlandman Greenland orange lichen (Caloplaca groenlandica species) Greenland poppy (Papaver nudicaule species) Greenland right whale (Balaena mysticetus species) Greenland rim lichen (Lecanora groenlandica species Greenland Sea Greenland seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus species) Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus species) Greenland snow lichen (Stereocaulon groenlandicum species) Greenland spar Greenland stitchwort (Mononeuria groenlandica species) Greenland turtle (Cepphus grylle species) Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus species) Greenland white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons flavirostris subspecies Greenland wolf (Canis lupus orion subspecies) Greenlandification Descendants ar جِرِينْلَانْد 1 zh 格陵蘭 1 dv ގުރީންލޭންޑު 1 haw ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻo 1 ja グリーンランド 1 la Terra Viridis 1 fa-ira گِرینْلَنْد 1 vi Grơn-len 1 Translations a large self-governing island in North America Afrikaans: af Groenland Albanian: sq Groenlandë f, sq Groenlanda f definite, sq Grenlandë f, sq Grenlanda f definite Amharic: am ግሪንላንድ Arabic: ar جِرِينْلَانْد f girīnlānd, ar غِرِينْلَانْد f Aragonese: an Gronlandia f Armenian: hy Գրենլանդիա Assamese: as গ্ৰীনলেণ্ড Asturian: ast Groenlandia f Azerbaijani: az Qrenlandiya Bashkir: ba Гренландия Basque: eu Groenlandia Belarusian: be Грэнла́ндыя f, be Грэнля́ндыя f Bengali: bn গ্রিনল্যান্ড Breton: br Greunland m Bulgarian: bg Гренла́ндия f Burmese: my ဂရင်းလန်ကျွန်း Carpathian Rusyn: rue Ґренланд m, rue Ґронсько n Catalan: ca Grenlàndia f Chechen: ce Гренланди Cherokee: chr ᎢᏤᏍᏛᏱ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 格陵蘭 gaak3 ling4 laan4 Hokkien: nan-hbl 格陵蘭 Kiak-lêng-lân, nan-hbl 革林蘭 Kek-lîm-lân Mandarin: cmn 格陵蘭 Gélínglán Chuvash: cv Гренланди Cornish: kw Greunland Corsican: co Gruenlandia f, co Groenlandia f Czech: cs Grónsko n Danish: da Grønland n Dhivehi: dv ގުރީންލޭންޑު Dutch: nl Groenland n Esperanto: eo Groenlando Estonian: et Gröönimaa Extremaduran: ext Groenlandia f Farefare: gur Dẽlmadẽtɔtɩŋa, gur Dẽlmadẽtɔtẽŋa Faroese: fo Grønland n Fiji Hindi: hif Greenland Finnish: fi Grönlanti Franco-Provençal: frp Grônlande m French: fr Groenland m Frisian: North Frisian: frr Greenlun Saterland Frisian: stq Gräinlound West Frisian: fy Grienlân c Gagauz: gag Grenlandiya Galician: gl Grenlandia f Georgian: ka გრენლანდია German: de Grönland n Alemannic German: gsw Grönland n Bavarian: bar Grönland n, bar Grenland n Greek: el Γροιλανδία f Greenlandic: kl Kalaallit Nunaat Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug Gyroẽlándia, gug Kyoẽlándia Gujarati: gu ગ્રીનલેન્ડ Haitian Creole: ht Groenlann Hawaiian: haw ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻo Hebrew: he גְּרִינְלַנְד f grínland Hindi: hi ग्रीनलैण्ड m Hungarian: hu Grönland Icelandic: is Grænland n Ido: io Grenlando Indonesian: id Greenland, id Grinlandia Inuktitut: iu ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᑦ Inupiaq: ik Kalaallit Nunaat Irish: ga Graonlainn f An Ghraonlainn Italian: it Groenlandia f Japanese: ja グリーンランド Gurīnrando Javanese: jv Tanah Ijo, jv Grunlan Kabiye: kbp Krowelandɩ Kalenjin: kln Grinlande Kamba: kam Grinlandi Kannada: kn ಗ್ರೀನ್‍ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ Kazakh: kk Гренландия Khmer: km ហ្គ្រិនលែនដ៍ Kikuyu: ki Grinlandi Komi: Komi-Zyrian: kpv Гренландия Korean: ko ^그린란드 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Grînlenda f Kyrgyz: ky Гринландия, ky Гренландия Ladino: lad Groenlandia f Lao: lo ກຣີນແລນ, lo ໂກຣແອນລັງ kō ʼǣn lang Latin: la Groenlandia f New Latin, la Terra Viridis f New Latin Latvian: lv Grenlande f Ligurian: lij Gròenlandia f Limburgish: li Greunland Lingala: ln Groenlandi Lithuanian: lt Grenlandija f Lombard: lmo Gruenlandia f Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Gruunlaand n German Low German: nds-de Gröönland n Luhya: luy Grinlandi Luo: luo Grinland Luxembourgish: lb Grönland n Macedonian: mk Гренланд m Maithili: mai ग्रीनल्याण्ड grīnalyāṇḍa Malagasy: mg Groenlanda Malay: ms Greenland, ms Tanah Hijau Malayalam: ml ഗ്രീൻലാൻഡ് Maltese: mt Greenland, mt Grinlend Manx: gv Greenlyn f Māori: mi Kārikirana, mi Kirinirana, mi Kirīnirangi Marathi: mr ग्रीनलँड Mari: Eastern Mari: mhr Гренландий Meru: mer Grinlandi Mingrelian: xmf გრენლანდია Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Гренланд Nahuatl: nah Groentlalpan Navajo: nv Haʼaʼaahjí Hakʼaz Dineʼé Bikéyah Nepali: ne ग्रीनल्याण्ड Norman: nrf Groenland m, nrf Greenland m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Grønland n Nynorsk: nn Grønland n Occitan: oc Grenlàndia f, oc Groenlàndia f Odia: or ଗ୍ରୀନଲାଣ୍ଡ Old Norse: non Grǿnland n, non Grǿnaland n Oromo: om Griinlaandi Ossetian: os Гренланди Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Ґренланд f Papiamentu: pap Groenlandia Pashto: ps ګروینلېند m groynlénd Pennsylvania German: pdc Grienland n Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira گِرینْلَنْد, fa-ira گِروئِنْلَنْد gero'enland Picard: pcd Groenland m, pcd Groënland m Piedmontese: pms Groenlandia f Pitcairn-Norfolk: pih Griinland Polish: pl Grenlandia f Portuguese: Brazilian Portuguese: pt Groenlândia f European Portuguese: pt Gronelândia f Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਗਰੀਨਲੈਂਡ m Quechua: qu Grunlandya, qu Kalalit Suyu Romanian: ro Groenlanda f Russian: ru Гренла́ндия f Rwanda-Rundi: rw Goronulande Sami: Northern Sami: se Ruonáeanan, se Kalaallit Nunaat Skolt Sami: sms Ruânnjânnam Samogitian: sgs Grenlandėjė f Sardinian: sc Groenlàndia f Scots: sco Greenland Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Грѐнланд m Latin: sh Grènland m Shan: shn ၵရဵင်းလႅၼ်ႇ kareṅːlĕn⸒ Sicilian: scn Groenlannia f Silesian: szl Grynlandyjo n Sinhalese: si ග්‍රීන්ලන්තය Slovak: sk Grónsko n Slovene: sl Grénlándija f Somali: so Griinland Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Grönlandska f Upper Sorbian: hsb Grönlandska f Spanish: es Groenlandia f Sranan Tongo: srn Grunkondre Sundanese: su Lemah Héjo Swahili: sw Grinlandi Swedish: sv Grönland n Tagalog: tl Lupanlunti, tl Greenland Tajik: tg Гренландия Tamil: ta கிறீன்லாந்து, ta கிரீன்லாந்து Telugu: te గ్రీన్‌లాండ్ Thai: th กรีนแลนด์ Tibetan: bo གེ་རེན་ལ Tok Pisin: tpi Greenland Turkish: tr Grönland Turkmen: tk Grenlandiýa Ukrainian: uk Гренла́ндія f, uk Ґренла́ндія f Urdu: ur گِرِین لَینْڈ m, ur گْرِین لَینْڈ m Uyghur: ug گرېنلاندىيە Uzbek: uz Grenlandiya Cyrillic: uz Гренландия Venetan: vec Groenłandia f Vietnamese: vi Grơn-len Volapük: vo Gröneän, older term, obsolete vo Grönän Welsh: cy Ynys Las f Yr Ynys Las West Flemish: vls Groenland n Wolof: wo Groenlaand Yakut: sah Гренландия Yiddish: yi גרינלאַנד n Zazaki: zza Gronlanda Zealandic: zea Hroenland References Anagrams en adeeglnnr Engerland Englander en terms suffixed with -land exonyms en Greenland Scots Etymology sco non Grœnland, from non grœnn green + non land land. Pronunciation sco Proper noun sco Greenland Q223 sco Greenland