See etymology at the Wikipedia link below.
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 an Irish name. This is proven because Irish people are always represented by something green, such as a clover, or Saint Patricks Day. Greenland is well not green but still called green.
The first Scandinavian visitors observed during the summer a green coast.
Greenland is, in fact, not green. It is a very icy place, ironically.
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.
Yes Greenland is a compound word. The words are green and land.
There are quite a few places that have the word green in them. They include Greenland, Greenwich Village, Green River, Green acres, Green Bay, Green Cove Springs, Greenleaf, Greentop, Greenville, Bowling Green, and Green Park.
It is now called Greenland.
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.
because when it has no ice its all green
Because at the time when it was first settled by Europeans the climate was milder and the land was indeed green.
Green bay and Greenland.