| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Greenland |
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| Island lying largely within the Arctic Circle; owned by Denmark but governed locally since 1978. Its native name is Kaballit Nunaat. | 1 |
| ‡ Greenland is the largest island in the world. (Australia is larger but is officially a continent, not an island.) | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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