Groenlândia

See also: Groenlandia

Portuguese

Bandeira da Groenlândia ― Flag of Greenland

Alternative forms

• Gronelândia (Portugal)
• Groelandia, Groenlandia (pre-reform spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin Groenlandia, from Danish Grønland, from Old Norse Grœnland.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾo.ẽˈlɐ̃.d͡ʒi.ɐ/ [ɡɾo.ẽˈlɐ̃.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɾo.ẽˈlɐ̃.d͡ʒjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾo.ẽˈlɐ̃.d͡ʒi.ɐ/ [ɡɾo.ẽˈlɐ̃.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɾo.ẽˈlɐ̃.d͡ʒjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾo.ẽˈlɐ̃.d͡ʒi.a/ [ɡɾo.ẽˈlɐ̃.d͡ʒɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɾo.ẽˈlɐ̃.d͡ʒja/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃d͡ʒiɐ, -ɐ̃d͡ʒjɐ
• Hyphenation: Gro‧en‧lân‧di‧a

Proper noun

Groenlândia f (demonym groenlandês) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. Greenland (a large self-governing dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)
   • 1926, Monteiro Lobato, “Miss Jane” (chapter IV), in O Choque das Raças [The Clash of the Races], São Paulo; Rio de Janeiro: Companhia Editora Nacional, page 39:

     Lembrei-me dos meus tempos de geographia e da impressão que me causara a descripção da Terra Verde, ou Groenlandia, feita pelo meu barbaçudo professor Maneco Lopes.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)