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Greenland (dependent state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 72 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 72.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 040 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -40.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Largest island in world, mostly covered by ice sheet; Aleut settlement began 3000 BCe; Sarqaq (1400 BCE) and Dorset (700 BCE) cultures developed; Norwegian (Icelander) Erik the Red settled in 982; bishop's seat established 1125; resettled by Danes 18th century; spoken languages are Danish, Danis, and Aleut (Greenlandic) dialects. |
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| Grønland (preferred,C,V,Danish-P,U,N)
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| Grönland (C,O)
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| Kalaallit Nunaat (C,V,Greenlandic,U,N)
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| Kalâdlit-Nunât (C,V,Greenlandic,U,N)
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| Greenland (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Groenlândia (C,O)
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| Groenland (C,O)
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| Groenlandia (C,O)
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| GRL (C,O,ISO3L)
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| GL00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| GL (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO304 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| Greenlandic (C,V)
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| dependent state (preferred, C) |
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Danish since 18th cen., internally self-governing since 1979 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| island (C) |
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| island nation (C) |
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(World, North and Central America, Greenland, Sermersooq) [1016570] |
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