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by Answers101 on March 19th, 2006

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Why is Greenland called Greenland?

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  • by Anonymous Answerbag on May 15th, 2006

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    In the Norse sagas, it is said that Eirķkur Rauši (Erik the Red) was exiled from Iceland for murder. He, along with his extended family and slaves, set out in ships to find the land that was rumored to be to the northwest. After settling there, he named the land Gręnland ("Greenland") in order to attract more people to settle there. The fjords of the Southern part of the island were lush and had a warmer climate at that time, possibly due to what was called the Medieval Warm Period.

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  • by Alatea on March 19th, 2006

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    Eric the Red discovered Greenland. He named it Greenland from the Danish word gronland which means greenland.

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  • by cobber on August 27th, 2008

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    marketing. it was a way for the Vikings who discovered it to get others to settle there.

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  • by bagicide stayed 10 months too long on August 27th, 2008

    bagicide stayed 10 months too long

    It was the breadbasket of the Vikings.

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  • by Jeztyr - whispering in the ears of kings on August 27th, 2008

    Jeztyr - whispering in the ears of kings

    A dodgy real estate salesman

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    Two theories I know say that before it was discovered, it was thought that a land to the west of Iceland had to exist, being lush and green. The lower part of Greenland in the summer is indeed quite lush, and coming off a long voyage it would seem a fitting name. The other theory is that Greenland is a misconstruing of a foreign name or word which would have been originally part of the title.

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  • by Anonomous on August 27th, 2008

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    It was the vikings way of attraction people there. Once they arrived they slaughtered them.

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  • by AnonymousGirl on June 7th, 2011

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    Maybe people were trying to make it look better than Iceland so that they could have Iceland to themselves. ;-)

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  • by iuogui on September 3rd, 2007

    iuogui

    huiohuogup;h

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  • by Bob on August 27th, 2008

    Bob

    its discoverer dropped a couple hits of LSD and thought that all that ice was a big golf course.

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  • by The Infamous Johnny on August 27th, 2008

    The Infamous Johnny

    in History we were told that it was used as a trick on Napoleon to make him think he was gonna be fighting in a nice place. Can you say wrongo!!! He was defeated. Same with Iceland its really a nice place.

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  • by YB12 on June 7th, 2011

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    The name Greenland comes from Scandinavian settlers. In the Norse sagas, it is said that Erik the Red was exiled from Iceland for murder. He, along with his extended family and thralls (slaves), set out in ships to find the land that was rumored to be to the northwest. After settling there, he named the land GrĆønland ("Greenland"), possibly in order to attract more people to settle there. Greenland was also called Gruntland ("Ground-land") on early maps. Whether Green is an erroneous transcription of Grunt ("Ground"), which refers to shallow bays, or vice versa, is not known. It should also be noted, however, that the southern portion of Greenland (not covered by glacier) is indeed very green, at least in summer

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