Greenland

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹiːn.lənd/, /ˈɡɹiːn.lænd/

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Proper noun

Greenland, a home country of the Kingdom of Denmark.

Greenland

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. (obsolete) 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

Derived terms

Terms derived from Greenland

• Greenland blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium groenlandicum)
• Greenland brachythecium moss (Brachythecium groenlandicum)
• Greenland buttercup (Ranunculus auricomus)
• Greenland cod (Gadus macrocephalus ogac)
• Greenland crabseye lichen (Ochrolechia groenlandica)
• Greenland cup lichen (Cladonia cornuta subsp. groenlandica)
• Greenland dicranum moss (Dicranum groenlandicum)
• Greenland dove (Cepphus grylle)
• Greenlander
• Greenland falcon (Falco candicans)
• Greenland gerfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
• Greenlandic
• Greenlandish
• Greenlandite
• Greenlandman
• Greenland orange lichen (Caloplaca groenlandica)
• Greenland poppy (Papaver nudicaule)
• Greenland right whale (Balaena mysticetus)
• Greenland rim lichen (Lecanora groenlandica
• Greenland Sea
• Greenland seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus)
• Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus)
• Greenland snow lichen (Stereocaulon groenlandicum)
• Greenland spar
• Greenland stitchwort (Mononeuria groenlandica)
• Greenland turtle (Cepphus grylle)
• Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus)
• Greenland white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons flavirostris
• Greenland wolf (Canis lupus orion)

 

Translations

a large self-governing island in North America

• Afrikaans: Groenland
• Albanian: Groenlanda f, Grenlanda f
• Amharic: ግሪንላንድ (gərinland)
• Arabic: جِرِينْلَانْد f (girīnlānd)
• Aragonese: Gronlandia f
• Armenian: Գրենլանդիա (hy) (Grenlandia)
• Asturian: Groenlandia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Qrenlandiya (az)
• Bashkir: Гренландия (Grenlandiya)
• Basque: Groenlandia
• Bavarian: Grönland n, Grenland n
• Belarusian: Грэнла́ндыя f (Hrenlándyja), Грэнля́ндыя f (Hrenljándyja)
• Bengali: গ্রিনল্যান্ড (grinlênḍ)
• Breton: Greunland m
• Bulgarian: Гренла́ндия f (Grenlándija)
• Burmese: ဂရင်းလန်ကျွန်း (ga.rang:lankywan:)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Ґренланд m (Grenland), Ґронсько n (Gronsʹko)
• Catalan: Grenlàndia (ca) f
• Chechen: Гренланди (Grenlandi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 格陵蘭／格陵兰 (gaak³ ling⁴ laan⁴)

  Hokkien: 格陵蘭／格陵兰 (Kiak-lêng-lân)

  Mandarin: 格陵蘭／格陵兰 (zh) (Gélínglán)

• Chuvash: Гренланди (Grenlandi)
• Cornish: Greunland
• Corsican: Gruenlandia f
• Czech: Grónsko (cs) n
• Danish: Grønland (da) n
• Dhivehi: ގުރީންލޭންޑު (gurīn̊lēn̊ḍu)
• Dutch: Groenland (nl) n
• Eastern Mari: Гренландий (Grenlandij)
• Esperanto: Groenlando
• Estonian: Gröönimaa (et)
• Extremaduran: Groenlandia f
• Farefare: Dẽlmadẽtɔtɩŋa, Dẽlmadẽtɔtẽŋa
• Faroese: Grønland n
• Fiji Hindi: Greenland
• Finnish: Grönlanti (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Grônlande m
• French: Groenland (fr) m
• Gagauz: Grenlandiya
• Galician: Grenlandia (gl) f
• Georgian: გრენლანდია (grenlandia)
• German: Grönland (de) n

  Alemannic German: Grönland n

• Greek: Γροιλανδία (el) f (Groilandía)
• Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat (kl)
• Guaraní: Gyroẽlándia, Kyoẽlándia
• Haitian Creole: Groenlann
• Hawaiian: ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻo
• Hebrew: גְּרִינְלַנְד f (grinland)
• Hindi: ग्रीनलैण्ड (hi) m (grīnlaiṇḍ)
• Hungarian: Grönland (hu)
• Icelandic: Grænland (is) n
• Ido: Grenlando (io)
• Indonesian: Greenland (id)
• Inuktitut: ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᑦ (akokittot)
• Inupiaq: Kalaallit Nunaat
• Irish: An Ghraonlainn f
• Italian: Groenlandia (it) f
• Japanese: グリーンランド (ja) (Gurīnrando)
• Javanese: Tanah Ijo
• Kabiyé: Krowelandɩ
• Kalenjin: Grinlande
• Kamba: Grinlandi
• Kannada: ಗ್ರೀನ್‍ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ (grīn‍lyāṇḍ)
• Kazakh: Гренландия (kk) (Grenlandiä)
• Khmer: ហ្គ្រិនលែនដ៍ (grɨnlɛɛn)
• Kikuyu: Grinlandi
• Komi-Zyrian: Гренландия (Grenlanďija)
• Korean: 그린란드 (ko) (Geurillandeu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Grînlenda (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: Гринландия (ky) (Grinlandiya), Гренландия (ky) (Grenlandiya)
• Ladino: Groenlandia f
• Lao: ກຣີນແລນ (ka rīn lǣn)
• Latin: Groenlandia f
• Latvian: Grenlande f
• Ligurian: Gròenlandia f
• Limburgish: Greunland
• Lingala: Groenlandi
• Lithuanian: Grenlandija (lt) f
• Lombard: Gruenlandia f
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Gruunlaand n

  German Low German: Gröönland n

• Luhya: Grinlandi
• Luo: Grinland
• Luxembourgish: Grönland n
• Macedonian: Гренланд m (Grenland)
• Maithili: ग्रीनल्याण्ड (grīnalyāṇḍa)
• Malagasy: Groenlanda (mg)
• Malay: Greenland, Tanah Hijau
• Malayalam: ഗ്രീൻലാൻഡ് (grīṉlāṉḍŭ)
• Maltese: Greenland, Grinlend
• Manx: Greenlyn f
• Maori: Kirinirana, Kirīnirangi
• Marathi: ग्रीनलँड (grīnlĕṇḍa)
• Meru: Grinlandi
• Mingrelian: გრენლანდია (grenlandia)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Гренланд (Grenland)

• Nahuatl: Groentlalpan
• Navajo: Haʼaʼaahjí Hakʼaz Dineʼé Bikéyah
• Nepali: ग्रीनल्याण्ड (grīnalyāṇḍa)
• Norman: Groenland m, Greenland m
• North Frisian: Greenlun
• Northern Sami: Ruonáenan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Grønland

  Nynorsk: Grønland

• Occitan: Grenlàndia (oc) f, Groenlàndia (oc) f
• Odia: ଗ୍ରୀନଲାଣ୍ଡ (grinôlaṇḍô)
• Old English: ^{(please verify)} Grēneland
• Old Norse: Grǿnland n, Grǿnaland n
• Oromo: Griinlaandi
• Ossetian: Гренланди (Grenlandi)
• Papiamentu: Groenlandia
• Pashto: ګروینلېند m (groynlénd)
• Pennsylvania German: Grienland n
• Persian: گرینلند (gerinland), گروئنلند (gero'enland)
• Picard: Groenland m, Groënland m
• Piedmontese: Groenlandia f
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Griinland
• Polish: Grenlandia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Groenlândia (pt) f, Gronelândia (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਗਰੀਨਲੈਂਡ (pa) (garīnlaiṇḍ)
• Quechua: Grunlandya, Kalalit Suyu
• Romanian: Groenlanda f
• Russian: Гренла́ндия (ru) f (Grenlándija)
• Rwanda-Rundi: Goronulande
• Samogitian: Grenlandėjė f
• Sardinian: Groenlàndia f
• Saterland Frisian: Gräinlound
• Scots: Greenland
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Грѐнланд m

  Roman: Grènland (sh) m

• Sicilian: Groenlannia f
• Silesian: Grynlandyjo n
• Sinhalese: ග්‍රීන්ලන්තය (grīnlantaya)
• Slovak: Grónsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Grénlándija (sl) f
• Somali: Griinland
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Grönlandska f

  Upper Sorbian: Grönlandska f

• Spanish: Groenlandia (es) f
• Sundanese: Lemah Héjo
• Swahili: Grinlandi (sw)
• Swedish: Grönland (sv) n
• Tagalog: Lupanlunti, Greenland
• Tajik: Гренландия (tg) (Grenlandiya)
• Tamil: கிறீன்லாந்து (kiṟīṉlāntu)
• Telugu: గ్రీన్‌లాండ్ (te) (grīn‌lāṇḍ)
• Thai: กรีนแลนด์ (griin-lɛɛn)
• Tibetan: གེ་རེན་ལ (ge ren la)
• Tok Pisin: Greenland
• Turkish: Grönland (tr)
• Turkmen: Grenlandiýa
• Ukrainian: Гренла́ндія f (Hrenlándija), Ґренла́ндія f (Grenlándija)
• Urdu: گرین لینڈ m (grīn-lainḍ)
• Uyghur: گرېنلاندىيە (grënlandiye)
• Uzbek: Grenlandiya (uz)

  Cyrillic: Гренландия (Grenlandiya)

• Venetian: Groenłandia f
• Vietnamese: Greenland (vi)
• Volapük: Gröneän (vo), (older term, obsolete) Grönän
• Welsh: Yr Ynys Las f
• West Flemish: Groenland n
• West Frisian: Grienlân (fy) c
• Wolof: Groenlaand
• Yakut: Гренландия (Grenlandiya)
• Yiddish: גרינלאַנד n (grinland)
• Yoruba: Gerelandi, Grínlándì
• Zazaki: Gronlanda
• Zealandic: Hroenland

Anagrams

• Engerland, Englander

Scots

Etymology

Calque of Old Norse Grœnland, from grœnn (“green”) + land (“land”).

Proper noun

Greenland

1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)