Danmarkshavn

Danish

Etymology

From Danmark (“Denmark”, in this case named after the ship they sailed to the location on) +‎ -s- (“-'s”, genitive interfix) +‎ havn (“harbor”), literally “Denmark's harbor”.

Proper noun

Danmarkshavn c

  1. Danmarkshavn (a weather station and settlement in Dove Bay, Germania Land, King Frederick VIII Land, Greenland)
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