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8/4/2012, 6:21 PM SeaHorse15
10/5/2011, 4:12 PM Amara L.

Name Kona
Gender Feminine
Usage Greenlandic (Archaic)
Other Forms FormsKonánguak ("dear woman"; Paamiut/c.1773), Konalik (Kuunalik, "equipped as a woman"; Qeqertarsuaq/1782), Konnane (Kunnana; Nuuk/1743)
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Meaning & History

Derived from Old Norse #kona# meaning "woman" or "wife", a loanword from the Norse period (985-1470) which was later used in the pidgin between European whalers and Greenlanders. The name #Kona# was common in Southern Greenland and later spread to Western and Northern Greenland.
Added 10/5/2011 by Amara L.