Groenland

See also: Grœnland, Grønland, and Grönland

Dutch

Etymology

Calque of Old Norse Grǿnland, equivalent to groen +‎ land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣrun.lɑnt/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Groenland

Groenland n

1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)
   • 1562 [1555], Olaus de Groote, translated by Cornelius Grapheus, De wonderlijcke historie van de Noordersche landen [The wondrous history of the Northern lands]‎^[1], Antwerp: Willem Silvius, translation of Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus (in Latin), page 27:

     Als men wil varen wter hauen van Westerbort die in Iislant is gheleghen naer Groenlant, soo moet men passeren die seer hooghe steenrotse die in see light Hutisack ghenaemt, twelcke half weghe is tusschen die voorseyde hauen ende groenlandt: al waer dat woonachtich is een soorte van zeeroouers, dewelcke ghebruyckende sijn leren schuyten om te varen soo wel onder als bouen opt water, alsoo sy willen: laghen legghende om van buyten te doorboorden het onderste vanden schepen met coopmanschap gheladen sijnde.

     [original: (...) hinc ostendendum erit iter a portu Vestrabord eiusdem Islandiæ admarinam, excelsamque rupem Huitsark dictam, quæ mediam navigationem continet ad Gruntlandiam: in qua genus piratarum reperitur scorteis navibus vtens, arbitrariaque navigatione non tam superne, quam inferne forinsecus sentinas negotiatorum terebrando insidians.]

     If one wishes to sail from the harbour of Westerbort, which lies in Iceland, to Greenland, one must pass the very high rocky cliff that lies in the sea, called Hutisack, which is halfway between the aforementioned harbour and Greenland, where a kind of pirates reside, who are using leather boats to sail both under and above water, as they please; lying low to pierce the underside of ships laden with merchandise from the outside.

   • 2026, “'Denemarken bereidde zich voor op Amerikaanse aanval op Groenland'”, in NOS Nieuws‎^[2]:

     Europa besloot toen meer eensgezindheid te tonen en meer gezamenlijke activiteiten op Groenland te ondernemen.

     Europe decided at the time to show greater unity and to undertake more joint activities in Greenland.

Descendants

• → Russian: Грумант (Grumant)

Franco-Provençal

Proper noun

Groenland m

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

French

Alternative forms

• Groënland
• Groënlande f (archaic)

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Norse Grœnland (“Greenland”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɔ.ɛn.lɑ̃d/, /ɡʁœn.lɑ̃d/

• Audio (France (Paris)):

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• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /ɡʁo.ɛn.land/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /ɡʁun.lɑ̃d/, /ɡʁun.land/

Proper noun

Groenland m

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

Derived terms

• baleine du Groenland
• Groenlandais
• groenlandais
• requin du Groenland

Norman

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Norse Grœnland (“Greenland”).

Proper noun

Groenland m

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

Synonyms

• Greenland