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Scandinavia

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English

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Scandinavia in a narrow sense (red) and the Nordic countries (red, orange, and yellow)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Scandināvia, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō (Scadia island) (compare Old English Sċedeniġ, Old Norse Skáney > Swedish Skåne (southern tip of Sweden, Scania)), with the suffix *awjō (island) (compare Old English īġ, īeġ (island), whence dialectal modern English ey; Old Norse ey (island)). Doublet of Scania.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Scandinavia

  1. A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands.
    • 1987, Jonathan Wylie, The Faroe Islands: Interpretations of History[1]:
      The Faroes are an obscure corner of Scandinavia and, apart from Lapland, Scandinavia is perhaps the most obscure corner of the world, ethnographically speaking.
    • 2002, Kenneth R. Evans, Lisa K. Scheer, editors, 2002 AMA Winter Educators’ Conference: Marketing Theory and Applications[2], volume 13, page 423:
      Internet banking has become popular in Finland and other parts of Scandinavia, for a variety of reasons.
    • 2023, Matt Thornton, The Gift of Violence: Practical Knowledge for Surviving and Thriving in a Dangerous World, →ISBN, page 103:
      And within Scandinavia, Iceland faces an epidemic of sexual violence, with twice as many reported rapes per capita as other Nordic countries.
  2. A peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland; in full, Scandinavian Peninsula.

Hypernyms

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Translations

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Scandināvia, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō (Scadia island).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /skan.diˈna.vja/
  • Rhymes: -avja
  • Hyphenation: Scan‧di‧nà‧via

Proper noun

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Scandinavia f

  1. Scandinavia (a geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands)
  2. Scandinavia (a peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland)

Derived terms

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō (Scadia island), from *awjō (island).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Scandināvia f sg (genitive Scandināviae); first declension

  1. Scandinavia (a geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of modern Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands)
  2. Scandinavia, Scandinavian Peninsula (a peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland)
  3. a large and fertile island in Northern Europe, perhaps Zealand or Scania

Declension

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Scandināvia
genitive Scandināviae
dative Scandināviae
accusative Scandināviam
ablative Scandināviā
vocative Scandināvia
locative Scandināviae

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • English: Scandinavia

References

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