Grønland

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See also: Grönland

Danish

Etymology

From grøn (green) +‎ land, from Old Norse Grǿnland (Greenland).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Grønland (genitive Grønlands)

  1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

See also

Faroese

Etymology

From grønur (green) +‎ land, from Old Norse Grǿnland (Greenland).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Grønland n (genitive Grønlands)

  1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

Declension

n8 -land Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Grønland
Accusative
Dative Grønlandi
Genitive Grønlands

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

Etymology

From grøn (green) +‎ land, from Old Norse Grœnland (Greenland).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrœn.lɑnː/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑnː

Proper noun

Grønland

  1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Wikipedia nn

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse Grǿnland (Greenland), from grǿnn (green) +‎ land (land). Akin to English Greenland.

Proper noun

Grønland n

  1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Grønland (Greenland).

Proper noun

Grønland n

  1. A neighbourhood of Oslo, Norway