Qaanaaq

English

Etymology

From Greenlandic, related to qaaneq (“space underneath the sleeping platform”) and originally meaning “hollowed out by wind or ice erosion.”^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

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Qaanaaq

Wikipedia

Qaanaaq

A town in northwestern Greenland near the Thule Air Base.

References

^ “Qaanaaq: Greenland's northernmost town”, in Visit Greenland
^ Michael Fortescue (1991) Inuktun: An Introduction to the Language of Qaanaaq, Thule‎^[1]

[1] “Qaanaaq: Greenland's northernmost town”, in Visit Greenland

[2] Michael Fortescue (1991) Inuktun: An Introduction to the Language of Qaanaaq, Thule‎^[1]

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