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Godthab

Godthab proper noun: nuuk (the capital city of Greenland).

Proper noun

Godthab

  1. (rare) Nuuk (the capital city of Greenland).
    • In full decolonization mode, Greenlanders also have abandoned the Danish names that once gave some of us a precarious toehold on their island's geography. Nuuk, for example, appeared on children's geography board games until recently as Godthab.2001 May 20, James Brooke, “Where Icebergs Are Born”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2017
    • Godthab seems like the kind of place where television options would be limited, and thus “Gossip Girl” would be absolutely unknown.2009 March 4, Charles Isherwood, “Gossip Boy, but Just for a Day”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022

Origin of Godthab

Borrowed from Danish Godthåb.

Questions about Godthab

What does Godthab mean?
Godthab means nuuk (the capital city of Greenland).
What part of speech is Godthab?
Godthab is a proper noun.

Words near Godthab in the dictionary

  1. godspeeds
  2. godspouse
  3. godspouses
  4. Godstone
  5. Godsway
  6. Godthab
  7. godtier
  8. Godwaine
  9. Godward
  10. godwards
  11. Godwari

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