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Aasiaat (äs`ēät'), formerly Egedesminde (ā`gəthəsmĭn'ə), town (1996 pop. 3,039), Aasiaat dist., W Greenland, at the mouth of Disko Bay. It is the fourth largest town in Greenland. It was founded in 1759 and named for Hans Egede Egede, Hans (häns ā`gədə), 1686–1758, Norwegian Lutheran missionary, called the Apostle of Greenland.
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