Greenlander en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *gróh₁nis Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land ▲ Old Norse Grǿnlandcalq. English Greenland Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English Greenlander From Greenland + -er.
Meanings
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A person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent.
In a recent poll conducted by the Universities of Greenland and Copenhagen, more than two-thirds of Greenlanders expressed a desire for their country to become independent, most of them within 20 years.
2019 August 22, Matthew H. Birkhold, “A Brief History of the Indignities Heaped Upon Greenland”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2020:1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IV. "The Beach", page 54. Were it not for this, we Europeans should have no wood to burn there, and the poor Greenlanders […] would, however, have no wood to roof their houses, to erect their tents, as also to build their boats, and to shaft their arrows.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenlanders | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (55)
iu ᐊᑯᕿᑦᑐᕐᒥᐅᑦ (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · fr Groenlandaise (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · es groenlandesa (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · pt gronelandês (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · is Grænlendingar (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · el Γροιλανδός (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · ca grenlandès (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · ast groenlandés (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · kl kalaaleq (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · fo grønlendingur (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · ga Graonlannach (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · el Γροιλανδέζα (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · pt groenlandês (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · hu grönlandi (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · eo groenlandanino (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · it groenlandese (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · pl Grenlandka (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · de Grönländer (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · gl grenlandesa (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · sk Grónčan (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · ko 그린란드 사람 (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · da grønlænder (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · ru гренла́ндец (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · sv grönländska (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · ko 그린란드인 (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · cs Gróňan (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · cy Glasynyswraig (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · nb grønlender (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · ik Kalaaliq (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · nn grønlendar (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · fr Groenlandais (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · ro groenlandez (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · cs Gróňanka (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · el Γροιλανδή (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · it groenlandesi (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · ro groenlandeză (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · cy Glasynyswr (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · ca groenlandès (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · is Grænlendingur (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · sk Grónčanka (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · ast groenlandesa (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · pl Grenlandczyk (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · es groenlandés (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · fi grönlantilainen (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · sv grönländare (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · ja グリーンランド人 (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · tr Grönlandlı (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · nl Groenlandse (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · eo groenlandano (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · fo grønlendari (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · sv grönlänning (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · gl grenlandés (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · de Grönländerin (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · bg гренландец (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) · nl Groenlander (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent)