Greenlandic
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A person from Greenland, often one of the native people
- noun
- /ˌɡriːnˈlændɪk/
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groenlandés
- Malou identifies as Greenlandic because her mother is from Greenland.
Examples
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My mother was Greenlandic.
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As a Greenlandic individual, she takes pride in her ancestry and traditions.
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The Greenlandic community celebrates its heritage through various cultural events.
Surface Forms
Greenlandic singular
Greenlandics plural
Etymology
Greenlandic can mean a person from Greenland; the word joins Greenland and the ending -ic, which makes it mean 'from that land'. Many Greenlandic people are Inuit, the island's native people, so the word often refers to them.