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| Eric the Red |
a Nordic outlaw and explorer who established the first Nordic settlement of Greenland in 985 (b.950--d.1003). |
| Eskimo |
(sometimes considered offensive) a member of any of the native peoples of northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and northeastern Siberia; Inuit. [1/2 definitions] |
| Godthaab |
the capital of Greenland. |
| Inuit |
a member of a group of native people of North America that inhabit areas from Greenland and eastern Canada to Alaska. [1/3 definitions] |
| reindeer |
any of several related large deer found in the colder regions of Scandinavia, Russia, Greenland, and Canada, both sexes of which have branching antlers. In North America, reindeer are called caribou. |
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