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Qaanaaq
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English
Etymology
From en kl -, related to kl qaaneq space underneath the sleeping platform and originally meaning “hollowed out by wind or ice erosion.”Qaanaaq: Greenland's northernmost town https://visitgreenland.com/destinations/qaanaaq/ Visit Greenland 1Michael Fortescue Michael Fortescue Inuktun: An Introduction to the Language of Qaanaaq, Thule https://theswissbay.ch/pdf/Books/Linguistics/Mega%20linguistics%20pack/North%20American/Eskimo-Aleut/Greenlandic%20%28North%29%3B%20Inuktun%20-%20An%20Introduction%20to%20the%20Language%20of%20Qaanaaq%20Thule%20%28Fortescue%29.pdf 1991
Proper noun
A town in northwestern Greenland near the Thule Air Base.
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