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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In May, Trump’s special envoy to Greenland, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, and the U.S. ambassador to Denmark, Ken Howery, attended a business conference in the capital of Nuuk without Dans.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Swets said he came up with the idea after a business conference in Nuuk earlier this year, in which Greenlanders kept bringing up the challenge of exporting seal products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Most of them shunned the president’s handpicked envoy to the island, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, when he visited Nuuk for the first time in May.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Despite many thorny issues between them, both Copenhagen and Nuuk have presented a united front rejecting US President Donald Trump's threats to take over Greenland.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

On Thursday, both Landry and Howery will attend the opening of a new US consulate building, a modern high-rise block in the centre of Nuuk, nicknamed "Trump towers" by some locals.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

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