Greenland

American  

[green-luhnd, -land] / ˈgrin lənd, -ˌlænd /

noun

1. a self-governing island belonging to Denmark, located NE of North America: the largest island in the world. About 844,000 sq. mi. (2,186,000 sq. km); about 700,000 sq. mi. (1,800,000 sq. km) icecapped. Godthåb.

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Greenland British  

/ ˈɡriːnlənd /

noun

1. Danish name: Grønland. Greenlandic name: Kalaallit Nunaat. a large island, lying mostly within the Arctic Circle off the NE coast of North America: first settled by Icelanders in 986; resettled by Danes from 1721 onwards; integral part of Denmark (1953–79); granted internal autonomy 1979; mostly covered by an icecap up to 3300 m (11 000 ft) thick, with ice-free coastal strips and coastal mountains; the population is largely Inuit, with a European minority; fishing, hunting, and mining. Capital: Nuuk (Godthåb). Pop: 57 714 (2013 est). Area: 175 600 sq km (840 000 sq miles)

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Greenland Cultural  

1. Island lying largely within the Arctic Circle; owned by Denmark but governed locally since 1978. Its native name is Kaballit Nunaat.

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Greenland is the largest island in the world. (Australia is larger but is officially a continent, not an island.)

Other Word Forms

• Greenlander
  noun
• Greenlandish
  adjective

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Greenland

During a head-spinning 22 months, the mercurial leader has turned spectacularly on Kyiv, imposed tariffs on allies and threatened to take Greenland.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

He has traveled across Greenland by dogsled, boat and helicopter to report on President Trump's pursuit of the island.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Greenland and Antarctica contain vast amounts of frozen water, and changes in their ice sheets can have major consequences for global sea levels.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Between September 30 and October 4, the satellite collected measurements of the Greenland Ice Sheet's surface elevation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

He asserted that Greenland is drifting west by about a mile a year, which is clearly nonsense.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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