Nuuk

American  

[nook] / nʊk /

noun

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

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Nuuk British  

/ nuːk /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

“This is our land, so we are not selling it, and everybody is saying that,” said Sven Jensen, walking to Nuuk’s harbor in search of day work.

From The Wall Street Journal

“They’re 16 and 18-year-olds, from Canada, Alaska,” said Ujammiugaq Engell, a Greenlandic historian in Nuuk, “and every time they’re so overwhelmed by how fluent we are in our own culture and how modern we are.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Wall Street, though far from Nuuk, has had its share of drama, too.

From Barron's

After landing at Nuuk airport, Frederiksen was greeted on the tarmac by Nielsen, who gave her a hug.

From BBC

Carrying two steaming cappuccinos from a popular American coffee chain on Thursday, Niels Berthelsen took the time to stop despite the icy cold winds whipping the streets of Nuuk, the Greenlandic capital.

From Barron's