Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

godthab

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: godthab
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Nuuk (the capital city of Greenland).

Example Sentences

"In full decolonization mode, Greenlanders also have abandoned the Danish names that once gave some of us a precarious toehold on their island's geography. Nuuk, for example, appeared on children's geography board games until recently as Godthab."
"Godthab seems like the kind of place where television options would be limited, and thus “Gossip Girl” would be absolutely unknown."

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Godthåb.

Questions

What does godthab mean?: Nuuk (the capital city of Greenland).
Where does godthab come from?: Borrowed from Danish Godthåb.

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