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GROENLAND [1 record]

Record 1 2019-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

The world's largest island, located between the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, northeast of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

OBS

Capital: Nuuk.

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Inhabitant: Greenlander.

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Formerly a province of Denmark, [Greenland] gained the status of an autonomous Danish dependent territory with limited self-government as well as its own parliament in 1979.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

La plus grande île du monde, située entre l'océan Arctique et l'océan Atlantique, au nord-est de l'archipel Arctique canadien.

OBS

Capitale : Nuuk.

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Habitant : Groenlandais, Groenlandaise.

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Le Groenland appartient au Royaume du Danemark. Cependant, depuis l'introduction de la Loi d'autonomie de 1979, le Groenland jouit d'une certaine indépendance basée sur une démocratie parlementaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
OBS

Isla que depende de Dinamarca, al noroeste de América.

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Capital: Nuuk.

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Habitante: groenlandés.

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Groenlandia; Groelandia: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda el nombre "Groenlandia", por lo que se desaconseja la forma "Groelandia", sin "n" después de la "e".

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