Scandinavia

English

Scandinavia (red) and the Nordic countries (red, orange, and yellow)

Etymology

Borrowing 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

• (US) IPA^(key): /skændɪˈneɪvi.ə/
• Rhymes: -eɪviə

Proper noun

Scandinavia

1. (politics, cultural, linguistic, etc.) Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively.
2. (geographic) The Scandinavian Peninsula

Hypernyms

• (group of countries): Nordic countries

Translations

Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

• Arabic: إِسْكَنْدِينَافِيَا‏‎ f (ʾiskandīnāfiyā)
• Armenian: Սկանդինավիա (Skandinavia)
• Asturian: Escandinavia f
• Breton: Skandinavia, Lec’hlenn
• Catalan: Escandinàvia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斯堪的納維亞 (zh), 斯堪的纳维亚 (zh) (Sīkāndìnàwéiyà)

• Cornish: Skandinavi
• Czech: Skandinávie (cs) f
• Danish: Skandinavien
• Dutch: Scandinavië (nl)
• Finnish: Skandinavia (fi)
• French: Scandinavie (fr) f
• Galician: Escandinavia f
• Georgian: სკანდინავია (sḳandinavia)
• German: Skandinavien (de) n
• Greek: Σκανδιναβία f (Skandinavía)
• Hawaiian: Sekanedinawia
• Hiligaynon: Eskandinabya
• Hungarian: Skandinávia (hu)

• Icelandic: Skandinavía (is) f
• Ido: Skandinavia (io)
• Irish: Críoch Lochlann f
• Italian: Scandinavia (it)
• Japanese: スカンディナヴィア (Sukandinavia), スカンジナビア (Sukanjinabia)
• Korean: 스칸디나비아 (ko) (Seukandinabia)
• Latvian: Skandināvija f
• Macedonian: Скандинавија f (Skandinávija)
• Manx: Loghlin f
• Norwegian: Skandinavia
• Persian: اسکاندیناوی‏‎ (fa) (Eskândinâvi)
• Polish: Skandynawia (pl)
• Portuguese: Escandinávia (pt) f
• Russian: Скандина́вия (ru) f (Skandinávija)
• Scottish Gaelic: Lochlann m, f, Scànnanàibhia
• Spanish: Escandinavia (es) f
• Swedish: Skandinavien (sv)
• Turkish: İskandinavya
• Ukrainian: Скандина́вія f (Skandynávija)
• Welsh: Llychlyn f, Sgandinafia f

Scandinavian Peninsula — see Scandinavian Peninsula

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Translations to be checked

• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} Skandinavja f, ^{(please verify)} L-Iskandinavja f

Derived terms

• Scandinavian

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Scadināvia
• Scatināvia
• Scandināuia, Scatināuia, Scadināuia (orthographic variants)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /skan.diˈnaː.wi.a/, [skan.dɪˈnaː.wi.a]

Proper noun

Scandināvia f (genitive Scandināviae); first declension

1. Scandinavia
2. Zealand

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

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

Synonyms

• Scandia

Derived terms

• scandināvicus

Descendants

• English: Scandinavia

References

• Scandinavia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Scandinavia” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)