Greenland

From green +‎ land, calque of Old Norse Grǿnland, from grǿnn (“green”) +‎ land (“land”).

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹiːn.lənd/, /ˈɡɹiːn.lænd/

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Greenland, a home country of the Kingdom of Denmark.

Greenland

1. A large self-governing dependent territory of Denmark, in North America.
2. The ice-covered island on which it is located, the largest island in the world (not counting Australia).
3. (obsolete) Spitzbergen, another island in Europe formerly thought to have been part of Greenland.
4. A surname.
5. A city in Arkansas
6. A village in Barbados
7. A ghost town in California
8. An unincorporated community in Colorado
9. A town in New Hampshire
10. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada
11. An unincorporated community in West Virginia

• Engerland, Englander

Calque of Old Norse Grœnland, from grœnn (“green”) + land (“land”).

Greenland

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