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Nuuk

/nuːk/

Nuuk proper noun: the capital city of Greenland.

Proper noun

Nuuk

  1. The capital city of Greenland.
    • [Tom] Dans added: “We talk about outer space and trips to Mars and then when you realise Nuuk is a three-hour flight from New York City, or thereabouts, it gets interesting.”2025 March 8, Miranda Bryant, quoting Tom Dans, “‘It’s very unpredictable’: divided Greenland prepares to vote amid Trump-inspired existential crisis”, in The Observer, →ISSN, archived from the...
    Synonyms:
    Godthab

Nuuk meaning in Marathi, Arabic and Thai

Nuuk in Marathi

capital of Greenland
नूक nūk

Nuuk in Arabic

capital of Greenland
نُوك nūk, غُودْهُوب ḡudhub

Nuuk in Thai

capital of Greenland
นุก núk

Synonyms of Nuuk

Origin of Nuuk

Borrowed from Danish Nuuk, from Greenlandic Nuuk, a capitalization of Greenlandic nuuk (“a cape”).

Words that rhyme with Nuuk

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Questions about Nuuk

What does Nuuk mean?
Nuuk means the capital city of Greenland.
What is Nuuk in Marathi?
Nuuk in Marathi is नूक (nūk). See Nuuk meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is Nuuk?
Nuuk is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Nuuk?
Nuuk is pronounced /nuːk/.

Words near Nuuk in the dictionary

  1. nutzoids
  2. nutzos
  3. Nuu-chah-nulth
  4. Nuuchahnnulth
  5. Nuuchahnulth
  6. Nuuk
  7. nuummite
  8. nuučaan̓uł
  9. NUV
  10. Nuvaiumsie
  11. nuvenzepine

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