Greenland

[ green-luhnd, -land ]

noun

1. a self-governing island belonging to Denmark, located NE of North America: the largest island in the world. About 844,000 sq. mi. (2,186,000 sq. km); about 700,000 sq. mi. (1,800,000 sq. km) icecapped. : Godthåb.

Greenland

/ ˈɡriːnlənd /

noun

1. a large island, lying mostly within the Arctic Circle off the NE coast of North America: first settled by Icelanders in 986; resettled by Danes from 1721 onwards; integral part of Denmark (1953–79); granted internal autonomy 1979; mostly covered by an icecap up to 3300 m (11 000 ft) thick, with ice-free coastal strips and coastal mountains; the population is largely Inuit, with a European minority; fishing, hunting, and mining. Capital: Nuuk (Godthåb). Pop: 57 714 (2013 est). Area: 175 600 sq km (840 000 sq miles) Danish nameGrønland Greenlandic nameKalaallit Nunaat

Greenland

1. Island lying largely within the Arctic Circle ; owned by Denmark but governed locally since 1978. Its native name is Kaballit Nunaat.

Notes

Greenland is the largest island in the world. ( Australia is larger but is officially a continent , not an island.)

Other Words From

• Greenland·er noun
• Greenland·ish adjective

Example Sentences

That’s what climate change — through a combination of more rain and snow, more melting of Arctic sea ice, and huge freshwater pulses from Greenland — is thought to be doing.

From Washington Post

Around the time that sauropodomorphs appeared in Greenland, carbon dioxide levels plummeted within a few million years to 2,000 parts per million, making the climate more travel-friendly to herbivores, the team reports.

From Science News

It is already involved in major rare earths projects abroad, including in the US, Vietnam, Greenland, and Australia, where it is also developing new partnerships.

From Quartz

Some turbines did freeze — though Greenland and other northern outposts are able to keep theirs going through the winter.

From Washington Post

It also creates lakes and channels beneath massive glaciers in Antarctica, Iceland, Greenland, and the Canadian Arctic.

From Popular-Science

Greenland is actually full of ice,” they said, “and Iceland is actually green!

From The Daily Beast

The result will be an epic cold air outbreak, with much of the coldness being channeled southward from Greenland.

From The Daily Beast

In 1995, the school went global, holding class in Greenland and including Santas from Ireland to South Africa.

From The Daily Beast

Norwegians says the man in red resides in Drøbak; the Danes send their wish lists to Greenland.

From The Daily Beast

“We are now losing 300 cubic kilometer of ice a year in Greenland,” said Wadhams.

From The Daily Beast

He coasted Greenland and Labrador, and returned with 200 tons of glittering stones and sand, which he had mistaken for gold ore.

From Project Gutenberg

Paul Egede died, aged 81; author of an Account of Greenland, and a zealous missionary there.

From Project Gutenberg

He tells me that he is nearly a hundred, and that he was a sailor in the Greenland fishing fleet when Waterloo was fought.

From Project Gutenberg

When the skies cleared Biarni saw land before him, and fancied he had reached Greenland.

From Project Gutenberg

No high latitude has been reached from Bering Strait nor along the east coast of Greenland.

From Project Gutenberg