Scandinavia

English

Red: The three monarchies that compose Scandinavia according to the strictest definition.

Orange: The possible extended usage.

Yellow: The maximal extended usage that takes Scandinavia as synonymous with the Nordic countries.

Etymology

From Latin Scandināvia, from Proto-Germanic *Skaþinawjō (“Scadia island”) (compare Old English Scedenig, Old Norse Skaney 'southern tip of Sweden'), from *-aujo 'island' (compare Old English ī(e)g 'island', Old Norse ey 'island').

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪviə

Proper noun

Scandinavia

1. Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
2. The Scandinavian peninsula (Norway, Sweden and northern Finland).
3. The Nordic countries as a group: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland, and their associated territories which include the Faroes, Greenland, and Åland.

Synonyms

• (group of countries): Nordic countries

Translations

Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

Finnish: Skandinavia (fi)

Swedish: Skandinavien (sv)

peninsula

Arabic: إسكندينافيا (ar) ('iskandinaafya) f. Armenian: Սկանդինավիա (hy) (Skandinavia) Belarusian: Скандынавія (be) (Skandynávija) f. Bulgarian: Скандинавия (bg) (Skandinávija) f. Catalan: Escandinàvia (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 斯堪的納維亞 (zh), 斯堪的纳维亚 (zh) (Sīkāndìnàwéiyǎ) Czech: Skandinávie (cs) f. Dutch: Scandinavië (nl) n. Esperanto: Skandinavio (eo) Estonian: Skandinaavia Faroese: Skandinavia (fo) f. and n. Finnish: Skandinavia (fi), Skandinavian niemimaa (fi) French: Scandinavie (fr) f. German: Skandinavien (de) n. Greek: Σκανδιναβία (el) (Skandinavía) f. Icelandic: Skandinavía (is) Italian: Scandinavia (it) f. Japanese: スカンディナヴィア (ja) (Sukandinavia)

Korean: 스칸디나비아 (ko) (Seukandinabia) Latin: Scandia (la), Scandinavia (la) Latvian: Skandināvija (lv) f. Macedonian: Скандинавија (mk) (Skandinávija) f. Norwegian: Skandinavia (no) Polish: Skandynawia (pl) f. Portuguese: Escandinávia (pt) f. Romanian: Scandinavia (ro) f. Russian: Скандинавия (ru) (Skandinávija) f. Scottish Gaelic: Lochlann (gd) m. and f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Скандинавија (sh) f. Roman: Skandinavija (sh) f. Spanish: Escandinavia (es) f. Swedish: Skandinaviska halvön (sv) Turkish: İskandinavya (tr) Ukrainian: Скандинавія (uk) (Skandynávija) f. Welsh: Llychlyn (cy)

group of countries — see Nordic countries

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Maltese: Skandinavja f., L-Iskandinavja ((f))

Derived terms

• Scandinavian

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Skaþinawjō (“Scadia island”), from *-aujo 'island'.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /skan.diˈnaː.wi.a/

Proper noun

Scandināvia (genitive Scandināviae); f, first declension

1. Scandinavia
2. Zealand

Inflection

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

Derived terms

• scandināvicus

Descendants

• English: Scandinavia