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Inuit language spoken in Greenland
Greenlandic, also known by its endonym Kalaallisut (kalaallisut, [kalaːɬːisʉt]), is an Inuit language belonging to the Eskimoan branch of the Eskaleut
Greenlandic_language
Extinct North Germanic language
Greenlandic Norse is an extinct North Germanic language that was spoken in the Norse settlements of Greenland until their demise in the late 15th century
Greenlandic_Norse
Main dialect of the Greenlandic language
Kalaallisut (lit. 'language of the Kalaallit'), also known as West Greenlandic (Danish: vestgrønlandsk), is the primary and official language of Greenland.
West_Greenlandic
Ethnic group indigenous to Greenland
ancestry, culture, and history; they natively speak one of the three Greenlandic languages. As Greenland is a country within the Kingdom of Denmark, citizens
Greenlandic_Inuit
Branch of the Eskaleut language family
different language families, Inuit also speak both Inuit Sign Language (IUR) in Canada and Greenlandic Sign Language, a dialect of Danish Sign Language, in
Inuit_languages
Inuit language of northwestern Greenland
Inuktun (English: Polar Inuit, Greenlandic: avanersuarmiutut, Danish: nordgrønlandsk, polarinuitisk, thulesproget) is the language of approximately 1,000 Indigenous
Inuktun
Language family of the Arctic and sub-Arctic
similarities between Greenlandic and Finnish. Eskimo-Uralic is the oldest proposal which connects the Eskaleut languages to other language families, and was
Eskaleut_languages
Language of the Tunumiit in East Greenland
Tunumiisut (lit. 'language of the Tunumiit'), also known as East Greenlandic (Danish: østgrønlandsk), is an Eskaleut language spoken by the Tunumiit in
Tunumiisut
Code to identify human languages
An IETF BCP 47 language tag is a standardized code that is used to identify human languages on the Internet. The tag structure has been standardized by
IETF_language_tag
Topics referred to by the same term
Greenlanders Greenlandic Inuit, the indigenous people of Greenland Greenlandic culture Greenlandic cuisine Greenlandic people in Denmark Greenlandic language, an
Greenlandic
Political movement
Greenlandic independence (Greenlandic: Namminersulivinneq) is a nationalist political ambition of most political parties (such as Siumut, Inuit Ataqatigiit
Greenlandic_independence
the Greenlandic language is Erfalasorput, which means "our flag". The term Aappalaartoq (meaning "the red") is also used for both the Greenlandic flag
Flag_of_Greenland
Sovereign state
the Faroe Islands. Greenlandic is the sole official language in Greenland. German is recognised as a protected minority language in the South Jutland
Danish_Realm
Greenlandic Inuit ethnic group
concentrated in the west. It is also a contemporary term in the Greenlandic language for the Greenlandic Inuit of Kalaallit Nunaat (Kalaallisut for Greenland).
Kalaallit
system of the Greenlandic language. The Greenlandic three-vowel system, composed of /i/, /u/, and /a/, is typical for an Eskimo–Aleut language. Double vowels
Greenlandic_phonology
Top football division in Greenland
The Greenlandic Football Championship (Greenlandic: Isikkamik Arsaalluni Pissartanngorniunneq, GM, Danish: Grønlandsmesterskab i fodbold) is the premier
Greenlandic Football Championship
Greenlandic_Football_Championship
Nationals of Greenland
(Greenlandic: Kalaallit, Danish: Grønlændere), also called Greenlandics or Greenlandic people, are the people of Greenland. Most speak Greenlandic, an
Greenlanders
Americans of Greenlandic birth or descent
Greenlandic Americans (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Amerikkarmiut; Danish: Grønlandsk-amerikanere) are Americans of Greenlandic descent. Greenlandic Americans
Greenlandic_Americans
Abandoned Middle Age Norse settlements
called Greenlandic Norse, not to be confused with the Eskaleut Greenlandic language.[page needed] The Thule people, ancestors of modern Greenlandic Inuit
Norse settlements in Greenland
Norse_settlements_in_Greenland
films produced in the Greenlandic language either by Greenlandic or Danish producers, sorted in alphabetical order. List of Greenlandic submissions for the
List_of_Greenlandic_films
Vast body of ice in Greenland, Northern Hemisphere
recent decades. Its single largest outlet glacier is Jacobshavn Isbræ (Greenlandic: Sermeq Kujalleq) in west Greenland, which has been observed by glaciologists
Greenland_ice_sheet
Autonomous territory of Denmark
territory in the Greenlandic language is Kalaallit Nunaat, 'land of the Kalaallit', the Kalaallit being the principal group of Greenlandic Inuit who inhabit
Greenland
Exonym for an Indigenous people of the circumpolar region
Greenlandic Inuit generally refer to themselves as Greenlanders (Kalaallit or Grønlændere) and speak the Greenlandic language and Danish. Greenlandic
Eskimo
Planned currency for Greenland which was abandoned in 2009
The Greenlandic krone (Greenlandic: koruuni, Danish: grønlandsk krone) was a planned currency for Greenland, plans of which were abandoned in 2009. The
Greenlandic_krone
Highly inflected language with many morphemes per word
door for him again" An example from Western Greenlandic, an exclusively suffixing polysynthetic language: Aliikkusersuillammassuaanerartassagaluarpaalli
Polysynthetic_language
Country in northern Europe
related to German, which is a West Germanic language. Greenlandic or "Kalaallisut" is an Inuit language, and is entirely unrelated to Danish, although
Denmark
definite split of future oil revenue; and made the Greenlandic language the sole official language. The referendum was announced by Prime Minister Hans
2008 Greenlandic self-government referendum
2008_Greenlandic_self-government_referendum
Ethnic group
North Greenlandic and iivit in East Greenlandic. Inuit speak Inupiaq (Inupiatun), Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, and Greenlandic languages, which
Inuit
Indigenous peoples of Alaska and the Russian Far East
Native groups. They speak the Central Alaskan Yupʼik language, a member of the Eskaleut family of languages. As of the 2002 United States Census, the Yupik
Yupik_peoples
Longest words in various languages
word in the Greenlandic dictionary. Megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért, with 44 letters, is the longest word in the Hungarian language, and approximately
Longest_words
Greenland Greenland Autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark Nuuk Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat Danish: Grønland Guadeloupe Guadeloupe Overseas region
List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas
List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_the_Americas
Ethnic group
Greenlandic people in Denmark (Danish: Grønlændere i Danmark; also known as Greenlandic Danes) are residents of Denmark with Greenlandic or Greenlandic
Greenlandic_people_in_Denmark
[dead ftp link] (To view documents see Help:FTP) Oqaasileriffik/Greenlandic Language Secretariat "Globalization Library – Locale Data: Guatemala" (PDF)
List of date formats by country
List_of_date_formats_by_country
Designation for an administrative territorial entity
on 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2019-08-30. Faroese and Greenlandic are seen as official regional languages in the self-governing territories belonging to Denmark
Autonomous administrative division
Autonomous_administrative_division
soberano, Petro Venezuela Federal Dependencies of Venezuela Greenland GRL Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat Danish: Grønland Nuuk 56,243 2,166,086 km2 (836,330 sq mi)
List of sovereign states and dependent territories in North America
List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_North_America
Extinct Greenlandic-based contact language
West Greenlandic Pidgin is an extinct Greenlandic-based contact language once used between the Inuit of Greenland and European traders. The vocabulary
West_Greenlandic_Pidgin
participating in coalition talks with Frederiksen and are seeking more Greenlandic autonomy on foreign policy, following U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated
2026_Danish_general_election
Species of deer
Retrieved 17 January 2014. Jerry McCarthy. Greenlandic word list. Reindeer are called tuttu (pl tuttut) by the Greenlandic Inuit. Weldenegodguad, Melak; Pokharel
Reindeer
Science fiction thriller by Alfonso Cuarón
Control in Houston, Texas. Orto Ignatiussen as the voice of Aningaaq, a Greenlandic Inuk fisherman who intercepts one of Stone's transmissions. Aningaaq
Gravity_(2013_film)
Breed of sheep
The Greenlandic sheep (Greenlandic: kalaallit savaataat or sava, Danish: grønlandsk får) is a breed of domestic sheep. The Greenlandic breed is one of
Greenlandic_sheep
Recent elections Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark: 2011 2015 2019 Greenlandic Parliament: 2013 2014 2018 2021 Local elections: 2017 2021 Referendums
List of political parties in Greenland
List_of_political_parties_in_Greenland
This list includes all 332 islands in the world larger than 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are
List_of_islands_by_area
dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold: internationally recognized sovereign states The 193 member
List of countries and dependencies and their capitals in native languages
List_of_countries_and_dependencies_and_their_capitals_in_native_languages
Digraph
pronounced as the velarized sound /ɫ/. In Central Alaskan Yupʼik and the Greenlandic language, ⟨ll⟩ stands for /ɬː/. In the Gwoyeu Romatzyh romanization of Standard
Ll
Capital and largest city of Greenland
Nuuk (Greenlandic pronunciation: [nuːk] ; Danish: Godthåb) is the capital and most populous city of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. It
Nuuk
Inuit built stone landmark or cairn
alternatively inukhuk in Inuinnaqtun, iñuksuk in Iñupiaq, inussuk in Greenlandic Spalding, Alex; Thomas Kusugak (1998). Inuktitut: A Multi-dialectal Outline
Inuksuk
Type of school providing advanced secondary education in Europe
Ilinniarnertuunngorniarneq/Den gymnasiale Uddannelse, that replaced the earlier Greenlandic Secondary Education Programme (GU), the Greenland Higher Commercial Examination
Gymnasium_(school)
Language Authority of Greenland
The Language Secretariat of Greenland (Oqaasileriffik, Danish: Grønlands Sprogsekretariat; the Greenlandic name translates literally to "place where one
Language Secretariat of Greenland
Language_Secretariat_of_Greenland
Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨ɬ⟩ in IPA
Stefanelli, Alex Matthew (August 2019). Consonant gemination in West Greenlandic (PDF) (Master's). University of Montreal. hdl:1866/23739. Suttles, Wayne
Voiceless dental and alveolar lateral fricatives
Voiceless_dental_and_alveolar_lateral_fricatives
Traditional all-purpose knife of Inuit, Yupik and Aleut women
(East Greenlandic) it is sakiaq or saakiq. The following chart lists both Eskaleut terms as well as two terms for the same tool in Athabaskan languages, which
Ulu
Latin letter A with overring
Sami, Pite Sami, Skolt Sami, Southern Sami, Ume Sami, Pamirian languages, and Greenlandic alphabets. Additionally, it is part of the alphabets used for
Å
North Germanic language of the Faroe Islands
five languages descended from Old West Norse spoken in the Middle Ages; the others include Norwegian, Icelandic, and the extinct Norn and Greenlandic Norse
Faroese_language
Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɑ⟩ in IPA
"Basic Structures and Processes in West Greenlandic" (PDF), in Collins, Dirmid R. F. (ed.), Arctic Languages: An Awakening, Paris: UNESCO, pp. 309–332
Open_back_unrounded_vowel
Geographical and cultural region
minority language of Sweden. Greenlandic or Kalaallisut belongs to the Inuit branch of the Eskimo-Aleut languages and is spoken in Greenland. The language is
Nordic_countries
Greenlandic novel
The Dream) is a Greenlandic novel. It was published in 1914, and it was the first novel written entirely in the Greenlandic language. It is commonly seen
Singnagtugaq
State-supported Lutheran church
or unofficially den danske folkekirke, 'the Danish People's Church'; Greenlandic: Ilagiit lit. 'the Congregation'), sometimes called the Church of Denmark
Church_of_Denmark
Laws that allow, prohibit, or regulate abortion
Termination of Pregnancy, Government of Greenland, 12 June 1975 (in Danish and Greenlandic). Offenses against the family, Compiler of Laws of Guam, 2018. AG: Old
Abortion_law
Nordic neo-Nazi organisation
Styrkur; Faroese: Norðurlendsk Styrki; Finnish: Pohjoismainen Vahvuus; Greenlandic: Nunat Avannarliit Nukittussusaat Testa, Alberto. "New Group: The Nordisk
Nordic_Strength
Airport
Qaqortoq Airport (Greenlandic: Mittarfik Qaqortoq; IATA: JJU, ICAO: BGQO) is an airport near Qaqortoq, the largest town in southern Greenland. It serves
Qaqortoq_Airport
Inuit intellectual and spiritual figure
angakkuit, Inuktitut syllabics ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ or ᐊᖓᒃᑯᖅ; Inuvialuktun: angatkuq; Greenlandic: angakkoq, pl. angakkut; Iñupiaq: aŋatkuq E. Haase, Der Schamanismus
Angakkuq
Prime Minister of Greenland since 2025
pupils for "looking Danish", despite attending the Greenlandic language class and having a Greenlandic mother. He has also noted that socioeconomic differences
Jens-Frederik_Nielsen
Island off northern Greenland
Kaffeklubben Island or Coffee Club Island (Danish: Kaffeklubben Ø; Greenlandic: Inuit Qeqertaat) is an uninhabited island lying off the northern shore
Kaffeklubben_Island
Greenland holiday
Greenland National Day (Greenlandic: Ullortuneq; Danish: Grønlands nationaldag) falls on 21 June and is the day of Greenlandic national identity. The day
Greenland_National_Day
Place in Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark
Baffin Island reached the coast of Greenland in 1865. An Inuk shaman (Greenlandic: angakok) named Qidlaq led the migrants from Baffin Island alongside
Etah,_Greenland
Alliance of public service media entities
ancillary member. Organisations must have a service in their local official language and be deemed useful to the union. The following EBU broadcast member have
European_Broadcasting_Union
Left-wing party group in the Nordic Council
for Greens-EFA instead in 2004. In 2009, the Faroe Republic and the Greenlandic Inuit Ataqatigiit were accepted as members. The member organisations
Nordic_Green_Left_Alliance
2023 Canadian documentary film
date January 23, 2023 (2023-01-23) (Sundance) Running time 91 minutes Countries Canada Denmark Greenland Languages English Danish Greenlandic Inuktitut
Twice_Colonized
Fjord in Greenland
33056; -49.60278, with two glaciers draining the Greenland ice sheet (Greenlandic: Sermersuaq) flowing into the fjord. Initially, the fjord flows to the
Nuup_Kangerlua
Airport in Kulusuk, Greenland
Kulusuk Airport (Greenlandic: Mittarfik Kulusuk) (IATA: KUS, ICAO: BGKK) is an airport in Kulusuk, a settlement on an island of the same name off the
Kulusuk_Airport
Political party in Greenland
major electoral breakthrough in the 2009 Greenlandic parliamentary election. Making gains from the 2005 Greenlandic parliamentary election, it doubled its
Inuit_Ataqatigiit
Indigenous sign language isolate
Inuit Sign Language, Greenlandic Sign Language, nor about other manual languages of the Inuit. One way to broadly refer to Inuit sign languages is by using:
Inuit_Sign_Language
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨q⟩ in IPA
uvular plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It is pronounced like a voiceless velar plosive [k], except that the
Voiceless_uvular_plosive
Public broadcasting organization of Greenland
KNR1 is the primary channel and most of its programming is in the Greenlandic language (Kalaallisut). KNR2 goes on air only to broadcast live from specific
Kalaallit_Nunaata_Radioa
National football team representing Greenland
The Greenland national football team (Greenlandic: Kalaallit nunaanni isikkamik arsarnermi nunanut allanut unammisartut; Danish: Grønlands fodboldlandshold)
Greenland national football team
Greenland_national_football_team
University in Nuuk, Greenland
The University of Greenland (Greenlandic: Ilisimatusarfik Kalaallit Nunaat; Danish: Grønlands Universitet) is Greenland's only university. It is in the
University_of_Greenland
Island shared by Canada and Denmark
Hans Island (Inuktitut and Greenlandic: Tartupaluk, lit. 'kidney shaped'; Inuktitut syllabics: ᑕᕐᑐᐸᓗᒃ; Danish: Hans Ø, pronounced [hanˀs øˀ]; French:
Hans_Island
The official language of Greenland is Greenlandic. The number of speakers of Greenlandic is estimated at 50,000 (85–90% of the total population), divided
Languages_of_Greenland
Body for cooperation of Nordic countries
working languages. These three comprise the first language of around 80% of the region's population and are learned as a second or foreign language by the
Nordic_Council
Currency of Denmark
introducing separate Greenlandic banknotes. The Act entered into force on 1 June 2007. In the autumn of 2010, a new Greenlandic government indicated that
Danish_krone
Infringement of another human's honor
§ 267 par. 1 var. 1, 2 Faroese Criminal Code (2021), § 267 var. 1, 2 Greenlandic Criminal Code (2017), § 99 par. 1 French Press Law (2021), Art. 33 par
Insult_(legal)
Diplomatic crisis over US annexation threats
permanently recognised Danish control over Greenland. "Greenland" in the Greenlandic language Attributed to multiple references: In contrast, at their closest
Greenland_crisis
Island in iceland
then set them free at the beach at daytime. The 1973 album Sumut by Greenlandic rock band Sumé features a song called "Heimaey erĸaivdlugo" (English:
Heimaey
ISO 639 is a set of international standards that lists short codes for language names. The following is a complete list of three-letter codes defined in
List_of_ISO_639-2_codes
Extinct genus of arthropods
to bring them to its mouth. The name of the genus is derived from the Greenlandic word kiisortoq, meaning "predator" or "hunter". The specific epithet
Kiisortoqia
Letter used in an Inuktitut dialect
lowercase: ĸ) is a glyph formerly used to write the Kalaallisut language (also known as Greenlandic) of Greenland and is now only found in Inuttitut, a distinct
Kra_(letter)
Traditional clothing of the indigenous peoples of Arctic North America
parka and anorak were adopted into English as loanwords from Aleut and Greenlandic, respectively. Both men and women wore trousers called qarliik. During
Inuit_clothing
Inuk interpreter (c. 1834 – 1856)
October 2, 1855. Although all were Inuit languages, Qalaherriaq's dialect of Greenlandic was a distinct language from the Nunatsiavummiutitut dialect of
Qalaherriaq
Anxiety associated with Inuit hunters
kajaksvimmelhed "kayak dizziness" or kajakangst; Greenlandic: nangiarneq) or nangierneq (Inuit languages) is a condition likened to a panic attack which
Kayak_angst
Legal union similar to marriage
Denmark (1989–2012; Danish: registreret partnerskab) Greenland (1996–2016; Greenlandic: nalunaarsukkamik inooqatigiinneq) Norway (1993–2008; Norwegian: registrert
Civil_union
Sea cliff in eastern Greeland
Ingmikortilaq (Greenlandic: The Separate One) is a sea cliff in eastern Greenland. It rises around 3,750 ft (1,140 m) from base to summit. It is best
Ingmikortilaq
Head of government in the Kingdom of Denmark
minister"; Faroese: Forsætisráðharri, literally "minister-president"; Greenlandic: Ministeriuneq, literally "head minister") is the head of government
Prime_Minister_of_Denmark
Airport in Nuuk, Greenland
Nuuk Airport (Greenlandic: Mittarfik Nuuk, Danish: Nuuk Lufthavn, formerly Godthåb Lufthavn; IATA: GOH, ICAO: BGGH) is an international airport serving
Nuuk_Airport
Armed forces of Denmark
The Danish Defence (Danish: Forsvaret; Faroese: Danska verjan; Greenlandic: Illersuisut; lit. 'the Defence') is the unified armed forces of the Kingdom
Danish_Defence
Land warfare branch of Denmark's military
to a streamlining of the regiments. Danish: Hæren; Faroese: Herurin; Greenlandic: Sakkutuut Nørby, Søren (2006). Det danske forsvar. København: Det historiske
Royal_Danish_Army
Greenlandic YouTuber (born 1985)
Qupanuk Olsen (Greenlandic pronunciation: [ˈqupanuk]; née Egede; born 6 May 1985) is a Greenlandic YouTuber, content creator, engineer, and politician
Qupanuk_Olsen
2009 Greenlandic film
Mikisoq H. Lynge. Nuummioq [nuːmːiˈɔq] means "a man from Nuuk" in the Greenlandic language. Nuummioq premiered in Nuuk on 31 October 2009. Malik, a 35-year-old
Nuummioq
Phantom island in the Arctic Ocean
sighted at its location was actually Fata Morganas of Tobias Island (Greenlandic: Tuppiap Qeqertaa). The position of Tobias Island, roughly 70 kilometres
Fata_Morgana_Land
Greenlandic writer
January 1990) is a Greenlandic writer, who writes in Greenlandic and Danish. Her 2014 debut novel, Homo Sapienne, was written in Greenlandic, as well as in
Niviaq_Korneliussen
Topics referred to by the same term
automobile manufacturer Kurdish Academy of Language ISO 639-2 and 639-3 codes for the Greenlandic language Kalamazoo Transportation Center, station code
Kal
Inuit myth
commonly called Sun (Inuktitut: ᓯᕿᓂᖅ, romanized: siqiniq, lit. 'sun'; Greenlandic: seqineq; Natsilingmiutut: heqineq). Other times she is simply called
Sun_and_Moon_(Inuit_myth)
GREENLANDIC LANGUAGE
GREENLANDIC LANGUAGE
Boy/Male
Norse
A settler of Greenland.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, Danish, Dutch, and German
English, French, Danish, Dutch, and German : from a short form of the personal name Matthias (see Matthew) or any of its many cognates, for example Norman French Maheu.English, French, Dutch, and German : from a nickname or personal name taken from the month of May (Middle English, Old French mai, Middle High German meie, from Latin Maius (mensis), from Maia, a minor Roman goddess of fertility). This name was sometimes bestowed on someone born or baptized in the month of May; it was also used to refer to someone of a sunny disposition, or who had some anecdotal connection with the month of May, such as owing a feudal obligation then.English : nickname from Middle English may ‘young man or woman’.Irish (Connacht and Midlands) : when not of English origin (see 1–3 above), this is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Miadhaigh ‘descendant of Miadhach’, a personal name or byname meaning ‘honorable’, ‘proud’.French : habitational name from any of various places called May or Le May.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : habitational name from Mayen, a place in western Germany.Americanized spelling of cognates of 1 in various European languages, for example Swedish Ma(i)j.Chinese : possibly a variant of Mei 1, although this spelling occurs more often for the given name than for the surname.Cape May, at the mouth of Delaware Bay, is named after the Dutch explorer Cornelius Jacobsen May.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : status name or occupational name from Middle English, Old French maresc(h)al ‘marshal’. The term is of Germanic origin (compare Old High German marah ‘horse’, ‘mare’ + scalc ‘servant’). Originally it denoted a man who looked after horses, but by the heyday of medieval surname formation it denoted on the one hand one of the most important servants in a great household (in the royal household a high official of state, one with military responsibilities), and on the other a humble shoeing smith or farrier. It was also an occupational name for a medieval court officer responsible for the custody of prisoners. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek). The surname is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.As the fourth chief justice of the U.S., John Marshall (1755–1835) was the principal architect in consolidating and defining the powers of the Supreme Court. He was a descendant of John Marshall of Ireland, who settled in Culpeper Co., VA, sometime before 1655.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from the Middle English personal name Ma(t)thew, vernacular form of the Greek New Testament name Matthias, Matthaios, which is ultimately from the Hebrew personal name Matityahu ‘gift of God’. This was taken into Latin as Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus respectively, the former being used for the twelfth apostle (who replaced Judas Iscariot) and the latter for the author of the first Gospel. In many European languages this distinction is reflected in different surname forms. The commonest vernacular forms of the personal name, including English Matthew, Old French Matheu, Spanish Mateo, Italian Matteo, Portuguese Mateus, Catalan and Occitan Mateu are generally derived from the form Matthaeus. The American surname Matthew has also absorbed European cognates from other languages, including Greek Mathias and Mattheos.It is found as a personal name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. is used as a family name among families from southern India.
Surname or Lastname
English, Welsh, German, etc.
English, Welsh, German, etc. : ultimately from the Hebrew personal name yÅÌ£hÄnÄn ‘Jehovah has favored (me with a son)’ or ‘may Jehovah favor (this child)’. This personal name was adopted into Latin (via Greek) as Johannes, and has enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe throughout the Christian era, being given in honor of St. John the Baptist, precursor of Christ, and of St. John the Evangelist, author of the fourth gospel, as well as others of the nearly one thousand other Christian saints of the name. Some of the principal forms of the personal name in other European languages are Welsh Ieuan, Evan, Siôn, and Ioan; Scottish Ia(i)n; Irish Séan; German Johann, Johannes, Hans; Dutch Jan; French Jean; Italian Giovanni, Gianni, Ianni; Spanish Juan; Portuguese João; Greek IÅannÄ“s (vernacular Yannis); Czech Jan; Russian Ivan. Polish has surnames both from the western Slavic form Jan and from the eastern Slavic form Iwan. There were a number of different forms of the name in Middle English, including Jan(e), a male name (see Jane); Jen (see Jenkin); Jon(e) (see Jones); and Han(n) (see Hann). There were also various Middle English feminine versions of this name (e.g. Joan, Jehan), and some of these were indistinguishable from masculine forms. The distinction on grounds of gender between John and Joan was not firmly established in English until the 17th century. It was even later that Jean and Jane were specialized as specifically feminine names in English; bearers of these surnames and their derivatives are more likely to derive them from a male ancestor than a female. As a surname in the British Isles, John is particularly frequent in Wales, where it is a late formation representing Welsh Siôn rather than the older form Ieuan (which gave rise to the surname Evan). As an American family name this form has absorbed various cognates from continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)
Surname or Lastname
English and French (Léonard)
English and French (Léonard) : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements leo ‘lion’ (a late addition to the vocabulary of Germanic name elements, taken from Latin) + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’, which was taken to England by the Normans. A saint of this name, who is supposed to have lived in the 6th century, but about whom nothing is known except for a largely fictional life dating from half a millennium later, was popular throughout Europe in the early Middle Ages and was regarded as the patron of peasants and horses.Irish (Fermanagh) : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhionáin or of Langan.Americanized form of Italian Leonardo or cognate forms in other European languages.The French Léonard family were at Château Richer, Quebec, by 1698, having come from Maine, France.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : patronymic from the personal name John. As an American family name, Johnson has absorbed patronymics and many other derivatives of this name in continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)Johnson is the second most frequent surname in the U.S. It was brought independently to North America by many different bearers from the 17th and 18th centuries onward.
Surname or Lastname
English, German, French, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Lithuanian, Czech and Slovak (Jonáš), and Hungarian (Jónás)
English, German, French, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Lithuanian, Czech and Slovak (Jonáš), and Hungarian (Jónás) : from a medieval personal name, which comes from the Hebrew male personal name Yona, meaning ‘dove’. In the book of the Bible which bears his name, Jonah was appointed by God to preach repentance to the city of Nineveh, but tried to flee instead to Tarshish. On the voyage to Tarshish, a great storm blew up, and Jonah was thrown overboard by his shipmates to appease God’s wrath, swallowed by a great fish, and delivered by it on the shores of Nineveh. This story exercised a powerful hold on the popular imagination in medieval Europe, and the personal name was a relatively common choice. The Hebrew name and its reflexes in other languages (for example Yiddish Yoyne) have been popular Jewish personal names for generations. There are also saints, martyrs, and bishops called Jonas venerated in the Orthodox Church. Ionas is found as a Greek family name.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : respelling of Yonis, with Yiddish possessive -s.
Surname or Lastname
English and Welsh
English and Welsh : patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John). The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. In North America this name has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).
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English
English : from a pet form of the female personal name Elizabeth. Compare Hibbs 2.English : nickname for someone with very fair hair or skin, from Middle English, Old English lilie ‘lily’ (Latin lilium). The Italian equivalent Giglio was used as a personal name in the Middle Ages. In English and other languages there has also been some confusion with forms of Giles.English : habitational name from places called Lilley, in Hertfordshire and Berkshire. The Hertfordshire place was named in Old English as ‘flax-glade’, from līn ‘flax’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Berkshire name is from Old English Lillinglēah ‘wood associated with Lilla’, an Old English personal name.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the male personal name Manasseh, Hebrew Menashe ‘one who causes to forget’ (see Manasse), borne in the Middle Ages by Christians as well as by Jews. Hebrew Menashe and its reflexes in other Jewish languages have always been popular among Jews.English : occupational name for someone who made handles for agricultural and domestic implements, from an agent derivative of Anglo-Norman French mance ‘handle’ (Old French manche, Late Latin manicus, a derivative of manus ‘hand’).
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of German Ludwig, Czech LudvÃk, Polish Ludwik, or cognates in other European languages.English
Americanized spelling of German Ludwig, Czech LudvÃk, Polish Ludwik, or cognates in other European languages.English : habitational name from Ludwick Hall in Bishops Hatfield, Hertfordshire, probably named from the Old English personal name Luda + Old English wÄ«c ‘outlying (dairy) farm’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : from Latin Marcus, the personal name of St. Mark the Evangelist, author of the second Gospel. The name was borne also by a number of other early Christian saints. Marcus was an old Roman name, of uncertain (possibly non-Italic) etymology; it may have some connection with the name of the war god Mars. Compare Martin. The personal name was not as popular in England in the Middle Ages as it was on the Continent, especially in Italy, where the evangelist became the patron of Venice and the Venetian Republic, and was allegedly buried at Aquileia. As an American family name, this has absorbed cognate and similar names from other European languages, including Greek Markos and Slavic Marek.English, German, and Dutch (van der Mark) : topographic name for someone who lived on a boundary between two districts, from Middle English merke, Middle High German marc, Middle Dutch marke, merke, all meaning ‘borderland’. The German term also denotes an area of fenced-off land (see Marker 5) and, like the English word, is embodied in various place names which have given rise to habitational names.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Marck, Pas-de-Calais.German : from Marko, a short form of any of the Germanic compound personal names formed with mark ‘borderland’ as the first element, for example Markwardt.Americanization or shortened form of any of several like-sounding Jewish or Slavic surnames (see for example Markow, Markowitz, Markovich).Irish (northeastern Ulster) : probably a short form of Markey (when not of English origin).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Matthew. In North America, this form has assimilated numerous vernacular derivatives in other languages of Latin Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus.Irish (Ulster and County Louth) : used as an Americanized form of McMahon.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a Latinist, a clerk who wrote documents in Latin, from Anglo-Norman French latinier, latim(m)ier. Latin was more or less the universal language of official documents in the Middle Ages, displaced only gradually by the vernacular—in England, by Anglo-Norman French at first, and eventually by English.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, and German
English, French, and German : from the vernacular form of the Hebrew personal name Yehuda ‘Judah’ (of unknown meaning). In the Bible, this is the name of Jacob’s eldest son. It was not a popular name among Christians in medieval Europe, because of the associations it had with Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Christ for thirty pieces of silver. Among Jews, however, the Hebrew name and its reflexes in various Jewish languages (such as Yiddish Yude) have been popular for generations, and have given rise to many Jewish surnames.French : name for a Jew, Old French jude (Latin Iudaeus, Greek Ioudaios, from Hebrew Yehudi ‘member of the tribe of Judah’).English : from a pet form of Jordan.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a patch of land left open as communal pasturage, from Middle English grene ‘green’ + land ‘land’.Translated form of German Grönland, a topographic name with the same meaning as 1, from Low German grön ‘green’ + Land ‘land’.
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English
English : patronymic from Jacob. As an American surname this name has absorbed cognates from other languages, for example Danish, Norwegian, and Dutch Jacobsen and Swedish Jacobsson.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname or topographic name from Middle English grene + man ‘man’ (see Green).Probably a translation of German Grunemann or Grünemann, possibly a topographic name with the same sense as Grönland (see Greenland), or a habitational name for someone from any of numerous places named Grüna, Grünau, or Grüne.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, etc. : from the Latin personal name Lucas (Greek Loukas) ‘man from Lucania’. Lucania is a region of southern Italy thought to have been named in ancient times with a word meaning ‘bright’ or ‘shining’. Compare Lucio. The Christian name owed its enormous popularity throughout Europe in the Middle Ages to St. Luke the Evangelist, hence the development of this surname and many vernacular derivatives in most of the languages of Europe. Compare Luke. This is also found as an Americanized form of Greek Loukas.Scottish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lùcais (see McLucas).As a French name Lucas has been recorded in Canada since 1653, taken to Trois Rivières, Quebec, by one Lucas-Lépine from Normandy.
GREENLANDIC LANGUAGE
GREENLANDIC LANGUAGE
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Indian, Iranian, Muslim, Parsi
A Hero; A Hero in Persian Folklore
Boy/Male
Welsh
Thunder.
Girl/Female
Indian, Malayalam, Tamil
Goddess
Boy/Male
Welsh
Legendary father of Goieuddydd.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Carly, KARLY means "man."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Writing
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English, French, German
Pierce the Vale; Pierced Valley
Girl/Female
Tamil
With great desire and wish, Truth of life
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Servant of God
Boy/Male
Assamese, Indian
Human
GREENLANDIC LANGUAGE
GREENLANDIC LANGUAGE
GREENLANDIC LANGUAGE
GREENLANDIC LANGUAGE
GREENLANDIC LANGUAGE
n.
One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race.
n.
A fluoride of aluminium, calcium, and sodium occurring with the cryolite of Greenland.
n.
A genus of naked pteropods. One species (Clione papilonacea), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes incorrectly called Clio.
n.
A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in white cleavable masses; -- used as a source of soda and alumina.
n.
The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.
a.
Having a language; skilled in language; -- chiefly used in composition.
n.
A native of Greenland.
n.
The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balaena mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale.
n.
A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod.
n.
A fluoride of alumina and soda occurring with the Greenland cryolite in octahedral crystals.
a.
A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle.
n.
The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
a.
Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent.
n. pl.
A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Liege, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively.
a.
Of or pertaining to a region of the earth's surface including all of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as the habitat certain species.
n.
An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland.
v. t.
To communicate by language; to express in language.
imp. & p. p.
of Language