Scandinavian Peninsula

English

Alternative forms

• Scandinavian peninsula

Proper noun

the Scandinavian Peninsula

1. A peninsula comprising the mainlands of Norway and Sweden, and the northwestern part of Finland (compared to Fennoscandia which comprises all the three countries Norway, Sweden and Finland); the largest peninsula in Europe (with an area of a three-quarter million square kilometres).

Translations

peninsula in Northern Europe — see also Scandinavia

• Arabic: إِسْكَنْدِينَافِيَا f (ʔiskandīnāfiyā), جزيرة الصقالب (jazirat as-saqlab) (obsolete)
• Armenian: Սկանդինավիա (Skandinavia), Սկանդինավյան թերակղզի (Skandinavyan tʻerakġzi)
• Belarusian: Скандына́вія f (Skandynávija)
• Bulgarian: Скандина́вия f (Skandinávija)
• Catalan: Escandinàvia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斯堪的納維亞／斯堪的纳维亚 (zh) (Sīkāndìnàwéiyǎ), 斯堪的那維亞半島／斯堪的那维亚半岛 (Sīkāndìnàwéiyà Bàndǎo)

• Czech: Skandinávie (cs) f
• Danish: Skandinaviske Halvø c
• Dutch: Scandinavië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Skandinavio (eo)
• Estonian: Skandinaavia (et)
• Faroese: Skandinavia f or n
• Finnish: Skandinavia (fi), Skandinavian niemimaa
• French: Scandinavie (fr) f, péninsule Scandinave
• Galician: Escandinavia (gl) f
• Georgian: სკანდინავიის ნახევარკუნძული (sḳandinaviis naxevarḳunʒuli)
• German: Skandinavien (de) n
• Greek: Σκανδιναβία (el) f (Skandinavía)
• Hungarian: Skandináv-félsziget (hu)
• Icelandic: Skandinavía (is)
• Irish: Críoch Lochlann f
• Italian: Scandinavia (it) f
• Japanese: スカンディナヴィア (Sukandinavia)
• Korean: 스칸디나비아 (ko) (Seukandinabia)
• Latin: Scandia, Scandinavia
• Latvian: Skandināvija f
• Macedonian: Скандина́вија f (Skandinávija), Скандинавски Полуостров m (Skandinavski Poluostrov)
• Norwegian: Skandinavia
• Polish: Skandynawia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Escandinávia (pt) f
• Romanian: Scandinavia f
• Russian: Скандина́вия (ru) f (Skandinávija), Скандина́вский полуо́стров (ru) m (Skandinávskij poluóstrov)
• Scottish Gaelic: Lochlann m or f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Скандинавија f

  Roman: Skandinavija (sh) f

• Spanish: Escandinavia (es) f
• Swedish: Skandinaviska halvön (sv)
• Turkish: İskandinavya (tr)
• Ukrainian: Скандина́вія f (Skandynávija), Скандина́вський піво́стрів m (Skandynávsʹkyj pivóstriv)
• Welsh: Llychlyn