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Nuuk

American

[nook] / nʊk /

noun

a city in and the capital of Greenland, in the SW part.

Nuuk British

/ nuːk /

noun

Danish name (official name until 1979): Godthaab. the capital of Greenland, in the southwest: the oldest Danish settlement in Greenland, founded in 1721. Pop: 14 350 (2004 est)

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The US leader's rhetoric "has impacted a lot of people's emotions during many weeks", Wangenheim told AFP in Nuuk.

From Barron's

A delegation of senior Canadian officials, including Governor General Mary Simon, and foreign minister Anita Anand, are travelling to Nuuk on Friday to formally open Canada's consulate, accompanied by a Canadian Coast Guard ship.

From BBC

Until this week, only Iceland and the US had formal diplomatic consulates in Nuuk.

From BBC

He noted that Iqaluit, the capital of Canada's northern territory of Nunavut, is only an hour flight away from Nuuk.

From BBC

"She would say: 'These are our relatives who live in faraway lands. We are all one people,'" Simon recalled at the annual Arctic Frontiers conference this week in Norway, shortly before her trip to Nuuk.

From BBC

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