Although the coasts of the island are very green in the summer when they are ice-free, it may have been part of the colonization efforts by its discoverer, Erik the Red (Danish: Erik den Røde). After being exiled from Iceland, he returned there in 982, and called the new island Greenland, to attract potential settlers.
That is a good question. Greenland is more ice covered and Iceland is more green. They should be switched.
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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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.