Scania

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Scania (attested since 950), from Old Norse Skáney, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō. Doublet of Scandinavia.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈskæni.ə/

Proper noun

Scania

2. A former province, historical region, and peninsula in Sweden, roughly coterminous with Skåne County and occupying the southern tip of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
3. A manufacturer of trucks and buses based in Sweden.

Translations

historical region currently part of Sweden occupying the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula

• Arabic: سكونا (sukunan)
• Armenian: Սկոնե (Skone)
• Bulgarian: Ско́не (Skóne)
• Catalan: Escània f
• Corsican: Scania f
• Czech: Skánie f
• Danish: Skåne (da) n
• Dutch: Skåne
• Esperanto: Skanio
• Estonian: Skåne
• Faroese: Skáni m
• Finnish: Skoone (fi)
• French: Scanie (fr) f
• Georgian: სკანია (sḳania)
• German: Schonen (de) n
• Greek: Σκάνια f (Skánia)
• Hungarian: Skåne (hu)
• Icelandic: Skánn m
• Italian: Scania f
• Latin: Scania f
• Latvian: Skone f
• Lithuanian: Skonė
• Macedonian: Сканија f (Skanija)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Skåne n

  Nynorsk: Skåne n

• Occitan: Escània f
• Old English: Sċedenīġ f, Sċedeland n, Sconeġ
• Old Norse: Skáni m, Skáney f
• Polish: Skania (pl) f
• Portuguese: Escânia f, Skåne f, Skane f
• Romanian: Scania f
• Russian: Ско́не (Skóne)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сканија f

  Roman: Skanija f

• Slovak: Skåne f
• Spanish: Escania f
• Swedish: Skåne (sv) n
• Ukrainian: Ско́не f (Skóne)
• Volapük: Skaniän

Anagrams

• ascian

Italian

Proper noun

Scania f

1. Scania (a former province, historical region, and peninsula in Sweden, roughly coterminous with Skåne County and occupying the southern tip of the Scandinavian Peninsula)

Anagrams

• Ascani, ancisa, casina, nasica, sicana