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KALAALLIT NUNAAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark
Synonyms:
Greenland; Gronland; Kalaallit Nunaat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Meronyms (parts of "Kalaallit Nunaat"):
Thule (a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a United States naval base was built there)
Domain member region:
subcontinent (a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent)
Holonyms ("Kalaallit Nunaat" is a part of...):
Arctic Ocean (ice covered waters surrounding the North Pole; mostly covered with solid ice or with ice floes and icebergs)
Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)
