Meanings
proper noun
- A former village in Greenland, North America, of Denmark, on North Star Bay, Wolstenholme Fjord, off Bylot Sound, Baffin Bay, Arctic Ocean. A former settlement in northern Greenland, since the 1950s the site of a United States aerospace base.
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Pituffik Base: A military base in Pituffik, Greenland.
Synonyms: Pituffik Space Base, Pituffik Air Base, Pituffik NORAD Base, Pituffik NATO Base, Pituffik Air Force Base, Pituffik Space Force Base, Thule, Thule Air Base
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounEllipsis of Pituffik Base: A military base in Pituffik, Greenland.
Similar
Pituffik Space BasePituffik Air BasePituffik NORAD BasePituffik NATO BasePituffik Air Force BasePituffik Space Force BaseThuleThule Air BaseThule Space BaseThule NORAD BaseThule NATO BaseThule Air Force BaseThule Space Force Base
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Origin
Borrowed from Inuktitut Literally, “mooring place”
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Danish Pituffik
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French Pituffik
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Icelandic Pituffik
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Norwegian Pituffik
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Norwegian Bokmal Pituffik
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Swedish Pituffik
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Cite this entry
APA
Pituffik. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pituffik
MLA
“Pituffik.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pituffik. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pituffik,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pituffik.
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