Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nuuk

/nuːk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables: nuuk
IPA: /nuːk/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The capital city of Greenland.

Example Sentences

"[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.”"

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Nuuk, from Greenlandic Nuuk, a capitalization of Greenlandic nuuk (“a cape”).

Word Breakdown

Root: Nuuk

Synonyms

Godthab

Rhymes With

look duke luke nuke puke fluke rebuke chinook spook juke kook sook

Questions

How do you pronounce nuuk?: The recorded pronunciation is /nuːk/.
What does nuuk mean?: The capital city of Greenland.
Where does nuuk come from?: Borrowed from Danish Nuuk, from Greenlandic Nuuk, a capitalization of Greenlandic nuuk (“a cape”).

How to pronounce nuuk

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