Godthåb

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Godt·håb

 (gôt′hôp′)
See Nuuk.
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Godt•håb

(ˈgɔtˌhɔp, ˈgɒtˌhɒp)

n.
the capital of Greenland, in the SW part. 12,209.
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These people came from Iceland and colonized two areas on the southwest coast of Greenland: the Eastern Settlement (the Julianehab district) and the Western Settlement (the Godthab district).
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We went over to Godthab in Greenland where I mailed a post card to my family.
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In 1979, they attained home rule--which produced, among other changes, a new, Inuit name for the capital, Nuuk (pronounced "nuke"), formerly known by the Danish name Godthab. On November 25, Greenlanders will go to the polls to take another major step out of Denmark's shadow: They are likely to approve a law that will formally give Greenland the right to declare independence and make Greenlandic--which is closely related to the Inuit languages spoken in Canada--rather than Danish, the official language.
The big thaw: to much of the world, Greenland is an obscure island sheathed in ice, a giant white blotch on the map. Now, a warming climate is freeing up the country's resources in previously frozen expanses of land and sea, and Greenlanders are bestirring themselves to seek independence from Denmark
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Later, they colonized the area they called the Vesterbygden (western colony), to the northwest of the first settlements, near present-day Nuuk (Godthab).
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