greenland
/ˈɡɹiːn.lənd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.42 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A large self-governing dependent territory of Denmark, in North America. Capital and largest city: Nuuk.
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The ice-covered island on which it is located, the largest island in the world (not counting Australia).
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Spitzbergen, another island in Europe formerly thought to have been part of Greenland.
Obsolete
name
A surname.
name
A ghost town in California.
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An unincorporated community in Colorado.
Example Sentences
- "What’s been less well understood is how President Trump’s idle musing has added another chapter to the long history of Greenland and its people being viewed simply as a resource to be exploited by larger powers."
- "To most people, the huge ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland are merely water that once was snow. To glaciologists and climatologists, they are storehouses of the Earth's former atmospheres."
- "Modern Danish colonization of Greenland began with what today might also seem like a joke."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡɹiːn.lənd/
- British English: /ˈɡɹiːn.lənd/
Usage
Derived Forms
Phrases
Greenland blue-eyed grass
Greenland brachythecium moss
Greenland buttercup
Greenland cod
Greenland crabseye lichen
Greenland cup lichen
Greenland dicranum moss
Greenland dove