Meanings
proper noun
- A town in northwestern Greenland near the Thule Air Base.
Origin
From Greenlandic, related to qaaneq (“space underneath the sleeping platform”) and originally meaning “hollowed out by wind or ice erosion.”
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APA
Qaanaaq. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qaanaaq
MLA
“Qaanaaq.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qaanaaq. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Qaanaaq,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qaanaaq.
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