Greenland
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Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse Grœnland, from grœnn (“green”) + land (“land”).
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Greenland
- A large self-governing territory in North America that is politically a part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
- The ice-covered island on which it is located, the largest in the world.
- (obsolete) Spitzbergen, another island in Europe formerly thought to have been part of Greenland.
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A large self-governing island in North America
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