"Pituffik" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Inuktitut Literally, “mooring place” Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|iu|-}} Borrowed from Inuktitut, {{yesno||l|L}} L, {{m-g|mooring place}} “mooring place”, {{lit|mooring place}} Literally, “mooring place” Head templates: {{en-prop}} Pituffik
  1. A former village in Greenland, North America, of Denmark, on North Star Bay, Wolstenholme Fjord, off Bylot Sound, Baffin Bay, Arctic Ocean. A former settlement in northern Greenland, since the 1950s the site of a United States aerospace base. Categories (place): Places in Denmark
    Sense id: en-Pituffik-en-name-xCLWJtgh Categories (other): Former settlements, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Inuktitut translations, Terms with Kikuyu translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Inuktitut translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Kikuyu translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 82 18
  2. Ellipsis of Pituffik Base: A military base in Pituffik, Greenland. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Pituffik Base (extra: A military base in Pituffik, Greenland) Derived forms: Pituffik Air Base, Pituffik Air Force Base, Pituffik Base, Pituffik DEW Base, Pituffik NATO Base, Pituffik NORAD Base, Pituffik SAC Base, Pituffik Space Base, Pituffik Space Force Base
    Sense id: en-Pituffik-en-name-Bsa2f6bN Categories (other): Military bases Synonyms: Pituffik Space Base, Pituffik Air Base, Pituffik NORAD Base, Pituffik NATO Base, Pituffik Air Force Base, Pituffik Space Force Base, Thule, Thule Air Base, Thule Space Base, Thule NORAD Base, Thule NATO Base, Thule Air Force Base, Thule Space Force Base
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): Pituffik (Danish), Pituffik (French), Pituffik (Greenlandic), Pituffik (Icelandic), Pituffik (Inuktitut), Pituffik (Norwegian), Pituffik (Norwegian Bokmal), Pituffik (Norwegian Nynorsk), Pituffik (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 47 53
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