Greenlandic

[green-lan-dik]

noun

1. a dialect of Inuit, spoken in Greenland.

adjective

1. of or relating to Greenland, its inhabitants, or their language.

Greenlandic

/ ɡriːnˈlændɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Greenland, the Greenlanders, or the Inuit dialect spoken in Greenland

noun

1. the dialect of Inuktitut spoken in Greenland

Word History and Origins

Origin of Greenlandic¹

Greenland + -ic

Example Sentences

Crucially, a new Arctic command headquarters will be set up in the Greenlandic capital, Nuuk, alongside a new military unit under Joint Arctic Command in Greenland.

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This week, a decision by Danish authorities to separate a young Greenlandic mother from her newborn daughter - one hour after she gave birth - was reversed after the case prompted outrage.

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An official inquiry earlier this month concluded that at least 4,000 women had a coil implanted by 1970, corresponding to roughly half the Greenlandic females of childbearing age.

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Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has issued a long-awaited apology to the Greenlandic women and their families affected by what she called "systematic discrimination" during a contraceptive campaign.

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"Even though we do not have the full picture," Frederiksen said, "it makes a serious impression on the government, that so many Greenlandic women unanimously report that they have been subjected to abuse by the Danish healthcare system."

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