1. (n.)Greenland a self-governing islandbelonging to Denmark located NE of North America: the largest island in the world. 58,203; ab. 840,000 sq. mi. (2,175,600 sq. km); over 700,000 sq. mi. (1,800,000 sq. km) icecapped.
Definition of 'Greenland'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)Greenland, Gronland, Kalaallit Nunaat the largest island in the world; lies between the NorthAtlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark
Definitions of 'Greenland'
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
1. Greenland an extensive but imperfectly defined territorylying mostly within the Arcticcircle to the NE. of North America, from which it is separated by DavisStrait and Baffin Bay; the area is variously estimated from 512,000 to 320,000 sq. m.; the land lies submerged beneath a vast plain of ice, pierced here and there by mountain tops, but it is conjectured to consist of one large island-continent engirt by groups of smaller islands; only on the S. coast, during the meagre summer, is there any appearance of vegetation; there is a greatvariety of birds, and the animals include the wolf, fox, bear, reindeer, musk ox, and Arctic hare, while whales, seals, and many kinds of fish are found; the inhabitants are chiefly Esquimaux, but there are some Danish settlements, begun in 1721, and the trade is a Danish monopoly; the country was known in early times to the Scandinavians (of whose settlements there are interesting remains), and was rediscovered by JohnDavis in 1585.
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