Where does “Nuuk” come from?

Nuuk (Portuguese) comes from Greenlandic Nuuk, from Greenlandic nuuk — cape.

Ancestry of “Nuuk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GreenlandicNuuk—
2Greenlandicnuukcape
Every word from Greenlandic nuuk →Every word from Greenlandic Nuuk →