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Where does “Nuuk” come from?
Nuuk (Spanish) comes from Greenlandic Nuuk, from Greenlandic nuuk — cape.
Ancestry of “Nuuk”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Greenlandic
Nuuk
—
2
Greenlandic
nuuk
cape
Every word from Greenlandic nuuk →
Every word from Greenlandic Nuuk →