"Nuuk" meaning in English

See Nuuk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Danish Nuuk. From Greenlandic Nuuk, capitalization of Greenlandic nuuk (“cape”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|da|Nuuk}} Borrowed from Danish Nuuk, {{bor|en|kl|Nuuk}} Greenlandic Nuuk, {{der|en|kl|nuuk|gloss=cape}} Greenlandic nuuk (“cape”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Nuuk
  1. The capital city of Greenland. Wikipedia link: en:Nuuk Categories (place): Cities in Greenland, Places in Greenland, Territorial capitals Translations (capital of Greenland): نُوك (nūk) [masculine] (Arabic), غُودْهُوب (ḡudhub) [masculine] (Arabic), Նուուկը (Nuukə) (Armenian), 努克 (Nǔkè) (Chinese Mandarin), 戈特霍布 (Gētèhuòbù) (Chinese Mandarin), Nuuk (Danish), Godthåb (Danish), Nuuk (Dutch), Nuko (Esperanto), Nuuk (Estonian), Nuuk (Finnish), Nuuk [masculine] (French), Nuuk [neuter] (German), Godthåb [neuter] (German), Nuuk (Greenlandic), Nuuk (Icelandic), Góðvon [feminine] (Icelandic), ᓅᒃ (nook) (Inuktitut), ヌーク (Nūku) (Japanese), ゴットホープ (Gottohōpu) (Japanese), 누크 (Nukeu) (Korean), 고트호프 (Goteuhopeu) (Korean), Bona Spes (Latin), नूक (nūk) (Marathi), Nóók (Navajo), Godthåb (Norwegian), Nuuk (Pitcairn-Norfolk), Nuuk [masculine] (Polish), Nuuk [feminine] (Portuguese), Godthaab [feminine] (Portuguese), Нуук (Nuuk) [masculine] (Russian), Нук (Nuk) [masculine] (Russian), Го́тхоб (Gótxob) [masculine] (Russian), Nuuk (Swedish), Godthåb (Swedish), นุก (núk) (Thai)
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "capital of Greenland",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Nuuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "capital of Greenland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nuuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "capital of Greenland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Godthaab"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Nuuk",
      "sense": "capital of Greenland",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Нуук"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Nuk",
      "sense": "capital of Greenland",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Нук"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Gótxob",
      "sense": "capital of Greenland",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Го́тхоб"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "capital of Greenland",
      "word": "Nuuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "capital of Greenland",
      "word": "Godthåb"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "núk",
      "sense": "capital of Greenland",
      "word": "นุก"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Nuuk"
}

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