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Groenland
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Grœnland Grønland Grönland
Dutch
nl:
Etymology
nl non Grǿnland, equivalent to nl groen land.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈɣrun.lɑnt/
nl Nl-Groenland.ogg
Proper noun
thumb|250px|Groenland
n
nl Greenland Q223
nl 1562 1555 27 De wonderlijcke historie van de Noordersche landen The wondrous history of the Northern lands Olaus Magnus Olaus de Groote w:nl:Willem Silvius Antwerp w:Cornelius Grapheus w:Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus la Als men wil varen wter hauen van Westerbort die in Iislant is gheleghen naer Groenlant, soo moet men passeren die seer hooghe steenrotse die in see light Hutisack ghenaemt, twelcke half weghe is tusschen die voorseyde hauen ende groenlandt: al waer dat woonachtich is een soorte van zeeroouers, dewelcke ghebruyckende sijn leren schuyten om te varen soo wel onder als bouen opt water, alsoo sy willen: laghen legghende om van buyten te doorboorden het onderste vanden schepen met coopmanschap gheladen sijnde. If one wishes to sail from the harbour of Westerbort, which lies in Iceland, to Greenland, one must pass the very high rocky cliff that lies in the sea, called Hutisack, which is halfway between the aforementioned harbour and Greenland, where a kind of pirates reside, who are using leather boats to sail both under and above water, as they please; lying low to pierce the underside of ships laden with merchandise from the outside. la:(...) hinc ostendendum erit iter a portu Vestrabord eiusdem Islandiæ admarinam, excelsamque rupem Huitsark dictam, quæ mediam navigationem continet ad Gruntlandiam: in qua genus piratarum reperitur scorteis navibus vtens, arbitrariaque navigatione non tam superne, quam inferne forinsecus sentinas negotiatorum terebrando insidians. https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/groo126wond01_01/groo126wond01_01_0004.php https://web.archive.org/web/20260424234846/https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/groo126wond01_01/groo126wond01_01_0004.php 24 April 2026
nl 2026 'Denemarken bereidde zich voor op Amerikaanse aanval op Groenland' Nederlandse Omroep Stichting NOS Nieuws https://nos.nl/artikel/2606930-denemarken-bereidde-zich-voor-op-amerikaanse-aanval-op-groenland Europa besloot toen meer eensgezindheid te tonen en meer gezamenlijke activiteiten op Groenland te ondernemen. Europe decided at the time to show greater unity and to undertake more joint activities in Greenland. https://web.archive.org/web/20260811122801/https://nos.nl/artikel/2606930-denemarken-bereidde-zich-voor-op-amerikaanse-aanval-op-groenland 11 August 2026
Descendants
fr Groenland 1
es Groenlandia 1
ru Грумант 1
srn Grunkondre 1
Franco-Provençal
frp:
Proper noun
m
frp Greenland Q223
French
Alternative forms
fr Groënland
fr Groënlande<g:f> archaic
Etymology
Ultimately from fr non Grœnland Greenland.
Pronunciation
Groe_nlande Greu_nlande
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Groenland.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>)
Grôe_nla_nde Quebec
Groun.lande Grounla_nde Belgium
Proper noun
m
fr Greenland Q223
Derived terms
fr baleine du Groenland groenlandais Groenlandais requin du Groenland
fr exonyms
Norman
Etymology
Ultimately from nrf non Grœnland Greenland.
Proper noun
m
nrf Jersey nrf Greenland Q223
Synonyms
nrf Greenland