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Definition of Greenland

1. Noun. The largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark.

Definition of Greenland

1. Proper noun. A large self-governing territory in North America that is politically a part of the Kingdom of Denmark. ¹

2. Proper noun. The ice-covered island on which it is located, the largest in the world ¹

3. Proper noun. (''obsolete'') Spitzbergen, another island in Europe formerly thought to have been part of Greenland ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Greenland

Literary usage of Greenland

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne, Andrew Alphonsus MacErlean (1913)
"The Helluland of history lay to the south of western Greenland, but the poetic Helluland was located in north-eastern Greenland. To reconcile both views, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In 1873 there were deposited, in a savings bank established in Greenland, ... The trade of Greenland is entirely confined to that part »f the coast ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1872)
"By ROBERT BROWN, MA, Ph.D., FRGS, ej'c. The geology of Greenland has been partially investigated, so far as the west coast is concerned, ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1889)
"Journey across the Inland lee of Greenland from East to West. ... SINCE Greenland was discovered about nine hundred years ago, the interior of that ..."

5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1819)
"I.) A Description of Greenland. By Hans Egede, who was a Missionary in that ... Illustrated with a Map of Greenland, and numerous Engravings on Wood. ..."

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