Definition of Greenlander. Meaning of Greenlander. Synonyms of Greenlander

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Definition of Greenlander

Greenlander
Greenlander Green"land*er, n. A native of Greenland.

Meaning of Greenlander from wikipedia

- Greenlanders (Greenlandic: Kalaallit), also called Greenlandics or Greenlandic people, are an Inuit ethnic group native to Greenland. They speak Greenlandic...
- The Greenlandic Inuit or Greenlanders (Greenlandic: kalaallit, Danish: Grønlandsk Inuit) are the indigenous and most populous ethnic group in Greenland...
- settlers coming from Iceland. The settlers, known as Grænlendingar ('Greenlanders' in Icelandic), were the first Europeans to explore and temporarily settle...
- The Greenlanders is a 1988 historical-fiction epic novel by American author Jane Smiley. The novel gives a speculative account of the Norse inhabitation...
- saga in modern Icelandic and translated into English as the Saga of the Greenlanders) is one of the sagas of Icelanders. Like the Saga of Erik the Red, it...
- Danish Greenlanders are ethnic Danes residing in Greenland and their descendants. Danish born people are a minority ethnic group in Greenland, accounting...
- of the Norse Greenlanders who may have converted back to paganism. When the missionaries found no descendants of the Norse Greenlanders, they baptised...
- rule to Greenland; in the 2008 Greenlandic self-government referendum, Greenlanders voted for the Self-Government Act, which transferred more power from...
- sources that mention Freydís are the two Vinland sagas: the Saga of the Greenlanders and the Saga of Erik the Red. The two sagas offer differing accounts...
- and Icelandic: skrælingi, plural skrælingjar) is the name the Norse Greenlanders used for the peoples they encountered in North America (Canada and Greenland)...