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

However, if Antarctic glacial earthquakes are of much lower magnitude than those in Greenland, the global network may not detect them.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

The Greenland events vary with the seasons, occurring more often in late summer.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

The two experts who remained, Alaskan lawyer Dalee Sambo Dorough and University of Copenhagen law professor Miriam Cullen, found in their report that the rights of Inuit women in Greenland had been violated.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Now, as global trade norms dissolve and the U.S. threatens to annex neighboring Greenland, for some here, joining the EU looks like a smart geopolitical insurance policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The Greenland Norse population never exceeded a few thousand.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond