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Nuuk
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English
Etymology
en da Nuuk, from en kl Nuuk, a capitalization of en kl nuuk a cape.
Pronunciation
en /nuːk/<q:Greenlandic> /nuk/ /nʊk/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nuuk.wav Southern England
en uːk
Proper noun
en Q226 en capital city aterr/Greenland.
en Godthab former name
en-GB Miranda Bryant w:Tom Dans ‘It’s very unpredictable’: divided Greenland prepares to vote amid Trump-inspired existential crisis w:The Observer 2025-03-08 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/08/its-very-unpredictable-divided-greenland-prepares-to-vote-amid-trump-inspired-existential-crisis 0029-7712 [Tom] Dans added: “We talk about outer space and trips to Mars and then when you realise Nuuk is a three-hour flight from New York City, or thereabouts, it gets interesting.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250321210616/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/08/its-very-unpredictable-divided-greenland-prepares-to-vote-amid-trump-inspired-existential-crisis
Translations
capital of Greenland
Arabic: ar نُوك m, ar غُودْهُوب m ḡudhub
Armenian: hy Նուուկը
Asturian: ast Nuuk
Bulgarian: bg Нуук m
Cherokee: chr ᏄᎩ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 努克 Nǔkè, cmn 戈特霍布 Gētèhuòbù now rare
Danish: da Nuuk, da Godthåb
Dutch: nl Nuuk
Esperanto: eo Nuko
Estonian: et Nuuk
Finnish: fi Nuuk
French: fr Nuuk m
German: de Nuuk n, de Godthåb n
Greenlandic: kl Nuuk
Icelandic: is Nuuk, is Góðvon f
Inuktitut: iu ᓅᒃ
Japanese: ja ヌーク Nūku, ja ゴットホープ Gottohōpu
Korean: ko ^누크, ko ^고트호프
Latin: la Bona Spes
Marathi: mr नूक
Norwegian: no Godthåb
Pitcairn-Norfolk: pih Nuuk
Polish: pl Nuuk m
Portuguese: pt Nuuk f, pt Godthaab f
Russian: ru Нуу́к m, ru Нук m, ru Го́тхоб m
Spanish: es Nuuk
Swedish: sv Nuuk, sv Godthåb
Thai: th นุก
Ukrainian: uk Ну́ук m, uk Нук m, uk Го́тгоб m
Anagrams
en knuu Unuk
Danish
da:
Etymology
From da kl Nuuk.
Pronunciation
da
Proper noun
genitive Nuuks
da capital city aterr/Greenland Nuuk
Synonyms
da Godthåb less frequently
Estonian
Etymology
From et kl Nuuk.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
et proper noun
et capital city aterr/Greenland Nuuk
Finnish
Etymology
From fi kl Nuuk.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi capital city aterr/Greenland Nuuk
Declension
Nuuk a 0 sg
Anagrams
fi knuu kuun nuku
French
fr:
Etymology
fr da Nuuk, from fr kl Nuuk.
Pronunciation
[uu:ou]
Proper noun
m
fr capital city aterr/Greenland Nuuk
Greenlandic
Alternative forms
kl Nûk
Etymology
Capitalization of kl nuuk cape.
Pronunciation
kl /nuːk/
Proper noun
kl proper noun
kl capital city aterr/Greenland Nuuk
Declension
Nuuk Nuukup Nuummut Nuummit Nuukkut Nuummi Nuummik Nuuttut — — — — — — — —
Descendants
da Nuuk
en Nuuk
fr Nuuk
Polish
pl:
thumb|Nuuk
Etymology
pl :ubor da:Nuuk + 1
Pronunciation
nuk LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Nuuk.wav Nuuk
Proper noun
m-in 1 nukijski
pl caplc aterr/Greenland Nuuk
Derived terms
pl nouns nukijczyk nukijka
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :der kl:Nuuk + 1
Proper noun
pt capital city aterr/Greenland Nuuk
pt Godthaab
Spanish
es:
Etymology
es :der kl:Nuuk + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
es capital city aterr/Greenland Nuuk
es Lauren Kent Soldados daneses que lucharon junto a EE.UU. se sienten traicionados mientras Trump amenaza a Groenlandia y denigra a la OTAN w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2026/01/24/mundo/soldados-daneses-lucharon-junto-ee-uu-sienten-traicionados-trax 2026-01-24 Mientras tanto, el ánimo en Nuuk y Copenhague sigue tenso mientras groenlandeses y daneses luchan con una nueva realidad en la que Estados Unidos se ha convertido en una amenaza. Meanwhile, the mood in Nuuk and Copenhagen is still tense as Greenlanders and Danes grapple with a new reality in which the United States has become a threat. https://web.archive.org/web/20260126183550/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2026/01/24/mundo/soldados-daneses-lucharon-junto-ee-uu-sienten-traicionados-trax