View source for Greenland

==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Etymology===
{{wp|Name of Greenland}}
From {{af|en|green|land}}, {{calque|en|non|Grǿnland|nocap=1}}, from {{com|non|grǿnn|t1=green|land|t2=land|nocat=1}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɡɹiːn.lənd/|/ˈɡɹiːn.lænd/|a=UK,US}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-Greenland.ogg|a=US}}

===Proper noun===
[[Image:Greenland big.png|thumb|Greenland, a [[home country]] of the [[Kingdom of Denmark]].]]
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# {{place|en|A large self-governing <<dependent territory>> of <<c/Denmark>>, in [[North America]]}}.
# {{place|en|The ice-covered <<island>> on which it is located, the largest island in the world (not counting [[Australia]])}}.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=1988-04-14|author=Richard Fifield|title=Frozen assets of the ice cores|work=New Scientist|issue=1608|page=28|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=8CLAlJR6kuEC&pg=PA28&dq=%22glaciologists%22&hl=&cd=2&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22glaciologists%22&f=false|text=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.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[Spitzbergen]], another island in [[Europe]] formerly thought to have been part of Greenland.
# {{surname|en}}.
# {{place|en|city|s/Arkansas}}
# {{place|en|village|c/Barbados}}
# {{place|en|ghost town|s/California}}
# {{place|en|unincorporated community|s/Colorado}}
# {{place|en|town|s/New Hampshire}}
# {{place|en|community|p/Nova Scotia|c/Canada}}
# {{place|en|unincorporated community|s/West Virginia}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en|title=Terms derived from ''Greenland''|{{vern|Greenland blue-eyed grass}} ({{taxlink|Sisyrinchium groenlandicum|species}})| {{vern|Greenland brachythecium moss}} ({{taxlink|Brachythecium groenlandicum|species}})| {{vern|Greenland buttercup}} ({{taxlink|Ranunculus auricomus|species}})| {{vern|Greenland crabseye lichen}} ({{taxlink|Ochrolechia groenlandica|species}})| [[Greenland cod]] ({{taxlink|Gadus macrocephalus ogac|subspecies}})| {{vern|Greenland cup lichen}} ({{taxlink|Cladonia cornuta subsp. groenlandica|subspecies}})| {{vern|Greenland dicranum moss}} ({{taxlink|Dicranum groenlandicum|species}})| {{vern|Greenland dove}} ({{taxfmt|Cepphus grylle|species}})| Greenlander| {{vern|Greenland falcon}} ({{taxlink|Falco candicans|species}})| {{vern|Greenland gerfalcon}} ({{taxfmt|Falco rusticolus|species}})| Greenlandic| Greenlandish| Greenlandite| Greenlandman| {{vern|Greenland orange lichen}} ({{taxlink|Caloplaca groenlandica|species}})| {{vern|Greenland poppy}}  ({{taxlink|Papaver nudicaule|species}})| {{vern|Greenland right whale}} ({{taxfmt|Balaena mysticetus|species}})|{{vern|Greenland rim lichen}} ({{taxlink|Lecanora groenlandica|species}}| Greenland Sea|[[Greenland seal]] ({{taxfmt|Pagophilus groenlandicus|species}})| [[Greenland shark]] ({{taxfmt|Somniosus microcephalus|species}})| {{vern|Greenland snow lichen}} ({{taxlink|Stereocaulon groenlandicum|species}})| Greenland spar| {{vern|Greenland stitchwort}} ({{taxlink|Mononeuria groenlandica|species}})| {{vern|Greenland turtle}} ({{taxfmt|Cepphus grylle|species}})| {{vern|Greenland whale}} ({{taxfmt|Balaena mysticetus|species}})| {{vern|Greenland white-fronted goose}} ({{taxlink|Anser albifrons flavirostris|subspecies}}| [[Greenland wolf]] ({{taxlink|Canis lupus orion|subspecies}})}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|a large self-governing island in North America}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|Groenland}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|Groenlanda|f}}, {{t|sq|Grenlanda|f}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|ግሪንላንድ}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|جِرِينْلَانْد|f|tr=girīnlānd}}
* Aragonese: {{t|an|Gronlandia|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|Գրենլանդիա}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|Groenlandia|f}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|Qrenlandiya}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|Гренландия}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|Groenlandia}}
* Bavarian: {{t|bar|Grönland|n}}, {{t|bar|Grenland|n}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|Грэнла́ндыя|f}}, {{t|be|Грэнля́ндыя|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|গ্রিনল্যান্ড}}
* Breton: {{t|br|Greunland|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|Гренла́ндия|f}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|[[ဂရင်းလန်]][[ကျွန်း]]}}
* Carpathian Rusyn: {{t|rue|Ґренланд|m}}, {{t|rue|Ґронсько|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|Grenlàndia|f}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|Гренланди}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|格陵蘭|tr=gaak3 ling4 laan4}}
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|格陵蘭|tr=Kiak-lêng-lân}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|格陵蘭|tr=Gélínglán}}
* Chuvash: {{t|cv|Гренланди}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|Greunland}}
* Corsican: {{t|co|Gruenlandia|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|Grónsko|n}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|Grønland|n}}
* Dhivehi: {{t|dv|ގުރީންލޭންޑު}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Groenland|n}}
* Eastern Mari: {{t|mhr|Гренландий}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|Groenlando}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|Gröönimaa}}
* Extremaduran: {{t|ext|Groenlandia|f}}
* Farefare: {{t|gur|Dẽlmadẽtɔtɩŋa}}, {{t|gur|Dẽlmadẽtɔtẽŋa}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|Grønland|n}}
* Fiji Hindi: {{t|hif|Greenland}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|Grönlanti}}
* Franco-Provençal: {{t|frp|Grônlande|m}}
* French: {{t+|fr|Groenland|m}}
* Gagauz: {{t|gag|Grenlandiya}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|Grenlandia|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გრენლანდია}}
* German: {{t+|de|Grönland|n}}
*: Alemannic German: {{t|gsw|Grönland|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|Γροιλανδία|f}}
* Greenlandic: {{t+|kl|Kalaallit Nunaat}}
* Guaraní: {{t|gn|Gyroẽlándia}}, {{t|gn|Kyoẽlándia}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|ગ્રીનલેન્ડ}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|Groenlann}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻo}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|גְּרִינְלַנְד|f|tr=grinland}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|ग्रीनलैण्ड|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|Grönland}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|Grænland|n}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|Grenlando}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|Greenland}}
* Inuktitut: {{t|iu|ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᑦ}}
* Inupiaq: {{t|ik|Kalaallit Nunaat}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|Graonlainn|f|alt=An Ghraonlainn}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|Groenlandia|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|グリーンランド|tr=Gurīnrando}}
* Javanese: {{t|jv|Tanah Ijo}}
* Kabiyé: {{t|kbp|Krowelandɩ}}
* Kalenjin: {{t|kln|Grinlande}}
* Kamba: {{t|kam|Grinlandi}}
* Kannada: {{t|kn|ಗ್ರೀನ್‍ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|Гренландия}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ហ្គ្រិនលែនដ៍}}
* Kikuyu: {{t|ki|Grinlandi}}
* Komi-Zyrian: {{t|kpv|Гренландия}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|^그린란드}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|Grînlenda|f}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|Гринландия}}, {{t+|ky|Гренландия}}
* Ladino: {{t|lad|Groenlandia|f}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ກຣີນແລນ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|Groenlandia|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|Grenlande|f}}
* Ligurian: {{t|lij|Gròenlandia|f}}
* Limburgish: {{t|li|Greunland}}
* Lingala: {{t|ln|Groenlandi}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|Grenlandija|f}}
* Lombard: {{t|lmo|Gruenlandia|f}}
* Low German:
*: Dutch Low Saxon: {{t|nds-nl|Gruunlaand|n}}
*: German Low German: {{t|nds-de|Gröönland|n}}
* Luhya: {{t|luy|Grinlandi}}
* Luo: {{t|luo|Grinland}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|Grönland|n}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|Гренланд|m}}
* Maithili: {{t|mai|ग्रीनल्याण्ड|tr=grīnalyāṇḍa}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|Groenlanda}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|Greenland}}, {{t|ms|Tanah Hijau}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|ഗ്രീൻലാൻഡ്}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|Greenland}}, {{t|mt|Grinlend}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|Greenlyn|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|Kirinirana}}, {{t|mi|Kirīnirangi}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|ग्रीनलँड}}
* Meru: {{t|mer|Grinlandi}}
* Mingrelian: {{t|xmf|გრენლანდია}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|mn|Гренланд}}
* Nahuatl: {{t|nah|Groentlalpan}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|Haʼaʼaahjí Hakʼaz Dineʼé Bikéyah}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|ग्रीनल्याण्ड}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|Groenland|m}}, {{t|nrf|Greenland|m}}
* North Frisian: {{t|frr|Greenlun}}
* Northern Sami: {{t|se|Ruonáenan}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|Grønland}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|Grønland}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|Grenlàndia|f}}, {{t+|oc|Groenlàndia|f}}
* Odia: {{t|or|ଗ୍ରୀନଲାଣ୍ଡ}}
* Old English: {{t-check|ang|Grēneland}}
* Old Norse: {{t|non|Grǿnland|n}}, {{t|non|Grǿnaland|n}}
* Oromo: {{t|om|Griinlaandi}}
* Ossetian: {{t|os|Гренланди}}
* Papiamentu: {{t|pap|Groenlandia}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|ګروینلېند|m|tr=groynlénd}}
* Pennsylvania German: {{t|pdc|Grienland|n}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|گرینلند|tr=gerinland}}, {{t|fa|گروئنلند|tr=gero'enland}}
* Picard: {{t|pcd|Groenland|m}}, {{t|pcd|Groënland|m}}
* Piedmontese: {{t|pms|Groenlandia|f}}
* Pitcairn-Norfolk: {{t|pih|Griinland}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|Grenlandia|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|Groenlândia|f}}, {{t+|pt|Gronelândia|f}}
* Punjabi: {{t+|pa|ਗਰੀਨਲੈਂਡ}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|Grunlandya}}, {{t|qu|Kalalit Suyu}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|Groenlanda|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|Гренла́ндия|f}}
* Rwanda-Rundi: {{t|rw|Goronulande}}
* Samogitian: {{t|sgs|Grenlandėjė|f}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|Groenlàndia|f}}
* Saterland Frisian: {{t|stq|Gräinlound}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|Greenland}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|Грѐнланд|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|Grènland|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|Groenlannia|f}}
* Silesian: {{t|szl|Grynlandyjo|n}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|ග්‍රීන්ලන්තය}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|Grónsko|n}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|Grénlándija|f}}
* Somali: {{t|so|Griinland}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|Grönlandska|f}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t|hsb|Grönlandska|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|Groenlandia|f}}
* Sundanese: {{t|su|Lemah Héjo}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|Grinlandi}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|Grönland|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|Lupanlunti}}, {{t|tl|Greenland}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|Гренландия}}
* Tamil: {{t|ta|கிறீன்லாந்து}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|గ్రీన్‌లాండ్}}
* Thai: {{t|th|กรีนแลนด์}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|གེ་རེན་ལ}}
* Tok Pisin: {{t|tpi|Greenland}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|Grönland}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|Grenlandiýa}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|Гренла́ндія|f}}, {{t|uk|Ґренла́ндія|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|گرین لینڈ|m|tr=grīn-lainḍ}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|گرېنلاندىيە}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|Grenlandiya}}
*: Cyrillic: {{t|uz|Гренландия}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|Groenłandia|f}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|Greenland}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|Gröneän}}, {{qualifier|older term, obsolete}} {{t|vo|Grönän}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|Ynys Las|f|alt=Yr Ynys Las}}
* West Flemish: {{t|vls|Groenland|n}}
* West Frisian: {{t+|fy|Grienlân|c}}
* Wolof: {{t|wo|Groenlaand}}
* Yakut: {{t|sah|Гренландия}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|גרינלאַנד|n}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|Gerelandi}}, {{t|yo|Grínlándì}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|Gronlanda}}
* Zealandic: {{t|zea|Hroenland}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=adeeglnnr|Engerland|Englander}}

{{cln|en|terms suffixed with -land|exonyms}}

==Scots==

===Etymology===
{{cal|sco|non|Grœnland}}, from {{m|non|grœnn||green}} + {{m|non|land||land}}.

===Proper noun===
{{sco-proper noun}}

# {{place|sco|a large self-governing <<island>> and <<dependent territory>> of <<c/Denmark>>, in [[North America]]|t=Greenland}}