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Naalakkersuisut

Naalakkersuisut proper noun: the government of Greenland.

Proper noun

Naalakkersuisut

  1. The government of Greenland.
    • In 2014, the Greenlandic government — called the Naalakkersuisut — established a reconciliation commission to investigate the continuing consequences of colonialism. After three years, the commission concluded that a majority of the nearly 60,000 people living in Greenland, 88 percent of whom are...2019 August 22, Matthew H. Birkhold, “A Brief History of the Indignities Heaped Upon Greenland”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2020

Origin of Naalakkersuisut

Borrowed from Greenlandic Naalakkersuisut.

Questions about Naalakkersuisut

What does Naalakkersuisut mean?
Naalakkersuisut means the government of Greenland.
What part of speech is Naalakkersuisut?
Naalakkersuisut is a proper noun.

Words near Naalakkersuisut in the dictionary

  1. naai
  2. naaied
  3. naaiing
  4. naais
  5. naajis
  6. Naalakkersuisut
  7. naam
  8. Naamah
  9. naamghar
  10. naamghars
  11. naan

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