English Explanatory Dictionary

Greenland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A large self-governing dependent territory of Denmark, in North America.
  2. The ice-covered island on which it is located, the largest island in the world (not counting Australia).
  3. Spitzbergen, another island in Europe formerly thought to have been part of Greenland.
  4. A surname.
  5. A city in Arkansas.
  6. A village in Barbados.
  7. A ghost town in California.
  8. An unincorporated community in Colorado.
  9. A town in New Hampshire.
  10. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  11. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɹiːn.lənd/ /ˈɡɹiːn.lænd/ en-us-Greenland.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Greenland.wav

Word forms

Greenland

Etymology

From green + land, calque of Old Norse Grǿnland, from grǿnn (“green”) + land (“land”).

Derived words

Greenland blue-eyed grass Greenland brachythecium moss Greenland buttercup Greenland cod Greenland crabseye lichen Greenland cup lichen Greenland dicranum moss Greenland dove Greenlander Greenland falcon Greenland gerfalcon Greenlandic Greenlandish greenlandite Greenlandman Greenland orange lichen Greenland poppy Greenland right whale Greenland rim lichen (Lecanora groenlandica Greenland Sea Greenland seal Greenland shark Greenland snow lichen Greenland spar Greenland stitchwort Greenland turtle Greenland whale Greenland white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons flavirostris Greenland wolf
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