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Cities in Greenland

Greenlandic places generally have two names: the (traditional and now official) Greenlandic, or Kalaallisut, and the (once but no longer official) Danish. Greenlandic is abbreviated 'kl;' Danish is 'da.'

Nuuk (da: Godthåb) - the capital

Aasiaat (da: Egedesminde)

Tasiilaq (also Ammassalik, for its municipality and the island it is on) - the largest city in Eastern Greenland

Ilulissat (da: Jakobshavn)

Qaanaaq (da: Thule)

Qaqortoq (da: Julianehåb) - the largest city in Southern Greenland

Sisimiut (da: Holsteinsborg) - second largest city

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