why green land is called green land?

Answer 1

Because Iceland was already taken

Answer 2

The name Greenland comes from those 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 slaves, set out in ships to find the land that was rumored to be to the northwest. After settling there, he named the land Grønland ("Greenland") 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.

Answer 3

A long time ago, the weather was much warmer than now a days, but at the end of 1300 century, it when colder and the settles from Scandinavia could no longer grow anything there. Along the costline it was green gras, but the snow and ice took over the place.

Answer 4

I'm so busy laughing @ the comment above.
Iceland was already taken!

England has been known in the Past as A Green & Pleasant land.

Answer 5

because when the vikings get there, the weather was warmer than nowdays and that it was cover with grass, so they decide to call it green land

Answer 6

from what i have been told and learned it is really interesting that greenland is called that because it is NOT green at all it is ice/cold...and ice land is green /grass and trees ! go figure i wonder how that happened? and who named them?

Answer 7

Because it has never been used. Never cleared and lived on, never mined for natural resources. Virgin land.

Answer 8

kidhaaa sanjay

Answer 9

see this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland#Etymology

Answer 10

because it is a jungle