Ilulissat

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proper noun

A city in Avannaata, Greenland.

OriginGreenlandic Ilulissat →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city in Avannaata, Greenland.

    Every summer, Ilulissat Kangerlua, a fjord two miles south of Ilulissat, presents the spectacle of the world's largest concentration of icebergs outside of Antarctica.

    2001 May 20, James Brooke, “Where Icebergs Are Born”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2017

Origin

  1. GreenlandicIlulissat
  2. EnglishIlulissat

Borrowed from Greenlandic Ilulissat.

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APA

Ilulissat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ilulissat

MLA

“Ilulissat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ilulissat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ilulissat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ilulissat.

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