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Cecil's Answer for Week 8

Q: The technically correct name of one of the Greatest Places is now Kalaallit Nuraat. Which one?

 

 

Answer: 'Okavango is the

only inland delta of the bunch. It is the greatest inland delta.'
Since homerule was granted in 1979, Greenland place names came into official use with the capital city now being called Nuuk, rather than Godthab.

 

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