And GREENLAND and ICELAND were named because of the way they used to be.
Early property scam. Buy a homestead lot in Greenland, sounds great, doesn’t it!
Not entirely true based on some accounts I’ve read. Greenland was apparently named so by the Viking who discovered it so that he could encourage immigration and settlement into a newly-discovered landmass with little or no land-based natural resources. If I remember correctly, Jared Diamond discusses this point in Guns, Germs, and Steel.