Etymology

Qaqortoq

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Today it means: A city in Kujalleq, Greenland. Full definition →

Danish Qaqortoq ← Greenlandic Qaqortoq
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The story

  1. Greenlandic · derived fromqaqortoq“white”
  2. Greenlandic · derived fromQaqortoq
  3. Danish · borrowed fromQaqortoq
  4. English todayQaqortoq

Borrowed from Danish Qaqortoq, from Greenlandic Qaqortoq, a capitalization of Greenlandic qaqortoq (“white”).

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