Discovered by Norwegian named Eric the red (who's son (Leif Ericson) really discovered america around 1000 AC, ca. 490 years before colombus)
Claimed by Norway (norwegian crown colony untill 1815)
Permanent Court of International Justice ruled that denmark of some odd reason gets to rule Greenland.
sovreign nation before 2010!

what the fuck has denmark got in common with greenland?
by Æreværemichelsen October 14, 2005
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Greenland New Hampshire, Greenland or gland for short is a town filled with farmers and goat herders. Glanders are kinda chill but there dumb. There most popular landmark is target
Hey jupa you live in Greenland
by Ladiesman2rye February 22, 2016
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A fake territory supposedly north of Canada. There is no one who has ever met someone from Greenland or any cultural things from Greenland such as clothing or food. When people think they see Greenland on a map it is the government brainwashing them.
Guy 1: did you hear about the news from Greenland?
Guy 2: no what happened

Guy 1: nothing as always because it’s fake
by Sexybrownhaireddude April 16, 2018
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A large island to the east of Canada, full of Eskimos and run by the Danish.
Who the hell cares about Greenland, anyway?
by Me August 16, 2003
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Used as a substitute for "suicide", due to the fact that Greenland has the highest suicide rate in the world.
I heard Epstein went to Greenland, but everybody knows he didn't.
by Non urban April 26, 2020
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a lie most of it is ice and barely anyone lives here if see a person in Greenland their most likely from the capital also the USA wants it.
Guy 1:I'm from Greenland

Guy 2:You mean Iceland because most of it is ice

Guy 1:nah it's Greenland
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Noun. A person viewed as soft and weak, fleshy and/or expendable. Someone who has become fat and lazy on the comforts of civilization. Someone unused to hardship and adventure.

Taken from GRRM's ASOIAF Ironborn culture. Nothing to do with the actual Greenland.
"Man, did you see those greenlanders, their asses were spilling out of their jeans."
"The greenlander can't go a single day without their comforts."
by Captain McHodor October 16, 2011
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