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Ilulissat

Ilulissat proper noun: a city in Avannaata, Greenland.

Proper noun

Ilulissat

  1. A city in Avannaata, Greenland.
    • Every summer, Ilulissat Kangerlua, a fjord two miles south of Ilulissat, presents the spectacle of the world's largest concentration of icebergs outside of Antarctica.2001 May 20, James Brooke, “Where Icebergs Are Born”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2017

Origin of Ilulissat

Borrowed from Greenlandic Ilulissat.

Questions about Ilulissat

What does Ilulissat mean?
Ilulissat means a city in Avannaata, Greenland.
What part of speech is Ilulissat?
Ilulissat is a proper noun.

Words near Ilulissat in the dictionary

  1. Ilton-cum-Pott
  2. ilu
  3. ILUC
  4. ILUCs
  5. Iluka
  6. Ilulissat
  7. ilupai
  8. iluppai
  9. ilustrado
  10. Ilustrados
  11. iluy

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