Meanings
proper noun
- The capital city of Greenland.
[Tom] Dans added: “We talk about outer space and trips to Mars and then when you realise Nuuk is a three-hour flight from New York City, or thereabouts, it gets interesting.”
2025 March 8, Miranda Bryant, quoting Tom Dans, “‘It’s very unpredictable’: divided Greenland prepares to vote amid Trump-inspired existential crisis”, in The Observer, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2025Synonyms: Godthab
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe capital city of Greenland.
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Origin
- Greenlandicnuuk“a cape”
- GreenlandicNuuk
- DanishNuuk
- EnglishNuuk
Borrowed from Danish Nuuk, from Greenlandic Nuuk, a capitalization of Greenlandic nuuk (“a cape”).
More words from Danish, Greenlandic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نُوك, غُودْهُوب
- نُوك (nūk)capital of Greenland
- غُودْهُوب (ḡudhub)capital of Greenland
Bulgarian Нуук
- Нуук (Nuuk)capital of Greenland
Chinese Mandarin 努克, 戈特霍布
- 努克 (Nǔkè)capital of Greenland
- 戈特霍布 (Gētèhuòbù)capital of Greenland
Danish Nuuk, Godthåb
- Nuukcapital of Greenland
- Godthåbcapital of Greenland
Dutch Nuuk
- Nuukcapital of Greenland
Esperanto Nuko
- Nukocapital of Greenland
Estonian Nuuk
- Nuukcapital of Greenland
Finnish Nuuk
- Nuukcapital of Greenland
French Nuuk
- Nuukcapital of Greenland
German Nuuk, Godthåb
- Nuukcapital of Greenland
- Godthåbcapital of Greenland
Icelandic Nuuk, Góðvon
- Nuukcapital of Greenland
- Góðvoncapital of Greenland
Japanese ヌーク, ゴットホープ
- ヌーク (Nūku)capital of Greenland
- ゴットホープ (Gottohōpu)capital of Greenland
Korean 누크, 고트호프
- 누크 (Nukeu)capital of Greenland
- 고트호프 (Goteuhopeu)capital of Greenland
Latin Bona Spes
- Bona Spescapital of Greenland
Norwegian Godthåb
- Godthåbcapital of Greenland
Polish Nuuk
- Nuukcapital of Greenland
Portuguese Nuuk, Godthaab
- Nuukcapital of Greenland
- Godthaabcapital of Greenland
Russian Нуу́к, Нук
- Нуу́к (Nuúk)capital of Greenland
- Нук (Nuk)capital of Greenland
- Го́тхоб (Gótxob)capital of Greenland
Spanish Nuuk
- Nuukcapital of Greenland
Swedish Nuuk, Godthåb
- Nuukcapital of Greenland
- Godthåbcapital of Greenland
Thai นุก
- นุก (núk)capital of Greenland
Ukrainian Ну́ук, Нук
- Ну́ук (Núuk)capital of Greenland
- Нук (Nuk)capital of Greenland
- Го́тгоб (Hóthob)capital of Greenland
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Nuuk
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All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
Nuuk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nuuk
MLA
“Nuuk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nuuk. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nuuk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nuuk.
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