Because when Erik the Red (Danish: Erik den Røde) first came back from Greenland, he wanted people to follow him to the new land. And therefore called it GreenLand (A Green Land), to attract people.
It is now called Greenland.
Green is a misnomer in the name. There is a lot of ice and cold in Greenland. Actually, Iceland should be called Greenland and Greenland should be called Iceland.
Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Nuuk is the capital and largest city of Greenland.
He called it Greenland. It was the name his father came up with.
The name of the capital city of Greenland is called Nuuk.
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Inuit
The native people of northern North America and Greenland are called Inuit.