Nuuk
[noo k] /nʊk/
noun
1.
a city in and the capital of Greenland, in the SW part.
/nuːk/
noun
1.
the capital of Greenland, in the southwest: the oldest Danish settlement in Greenland, founded in 1721. Pop: 14 350 (2004 est) Danish name (official name until 1979) Godthaab
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