Skandinavia

See also: Skandinavía and Škandinávia

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Scandināvia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɑndinɑ(ː)ʋiɑ/, [ˈs̠kɑ̝ndiˌnɑ̝(ː)ʋiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋiɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Skan‧di‧na‧vi‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): Skan‧di‧na‧via

Proper noun

Skandinavia

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

   Synonym: Skandinavian niemimaa

Declension

Inflection of Skandinavia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Skandinavia	—
genitive		Skandinavian	—
partitive		Skandinaviaa	—
illative		Skandinaviaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Skandinavia	—
accusative	nom.	Skandinavia	—
	gen.	Skandinavian
genitive		Skandinavian	—
partitive		Skandinaviaa	—
inessive		Skandinaviassa	—
elative		Skandinaviasta	—
illative		Skandinaviaan	—
adessive		Skandinavialla	—
ablative		Skandinavialta	—
allative		Skandinavialle	—
essive		Skandinaviana	—
translative		Skandinaviaksi	—
abessive		Skandinaviatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Skandinavia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Skandinaviani — accusative nom. Skandinaviani — gen. Skandinaviani genitive Skandinaviani — partitive Skandinaviaani — inessive Skandinaviassani — elative Skandinaviastani — illative Skandinaviaani — adessive Skandinaviallani — ablative Skandinavialtani — allative Skandinavialleni — essive Skandinavianani — translative Skandinaviakseni — abessive Skandinaviattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Skandinaviasi — accusative nom. Skandinaviasi — gen. Skandinaviasi genitive Skandinaviasi — partitive Skandinaviaasi — inessive Skandinaviassasi — elative Skandinaviastasi — illative Skandinaviaasi — adessive Skandinaviallasi — ablative Skandinavialtasi — allative Skandinaviallesi — essive Skandinavianasi — translative Skandinaviaksesi — abessive Skandinaviattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Skandinaviamme — accusative nom. Skandinaviamme — gen. Skandinaviamme genitive Skandinaviamme — partitive Skandinaviaamme — inessive Skandinaviassamme — elative Skandinaviastamme — illative Skandinaviaamme — adessive Skandinaviallamme — ablative Skandinavialtamme — allative Skandinaviallemme — essive Skandinavianamme — translative Skandinaviaksemme — abessive Skandinaviattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Skandinavianne — accusative nom. Skandinavianne — gen. Skandinavianne genitive Skandinavianne — partitive Skandinaviaanne — inessive Skandinaviassanne — elative Skandinaviastanne — illative Skandinaviaanne — adessive Skandinaviallanne — ablative Skandinavialtanne — allative Skandinaviallenne — essive Skandinaviananne — translative Skandinaviaksenne — abessive Skandinaviattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Skandinaviansa — accusative nom. Skandinaviansa — gen. Skandinaviansa genitive Skandinaviansa — partitive Skandinaviaansa — inessive Skandinaviassaan Skandinaviassansa — elative Skandinaviastaan Skandinaviastansa — illative Skandinaviaansa — adessive Skandinaviallaan Skandinaviallansa — ablative Skandinavialtaan Skandinavialtansa — allative Skandinavialleen Skandinaviallensa — essive Skandinavianaan Skandinavianansa — translative Skandinaviakseen Skandinaviaksensa — abessive Skandinaviattaan Skandinaviattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• skandinavialainen

See also

• Pohjoismaat

Anagrams

• skandinaavi

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English Scandinavia, French Scandinavie, German Skandinavien, Italian Scandinavia, Russian Скандина́вия (Skandinávija), Spanish Escandinavia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skandiˈnavi̯a/

Proper noun

Skandinavia

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

• Skandinaviana (“Scandinavian”)
• Skandinaviano (“Scandinavian”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Skandinavia

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)

Related terms

• skandinav
• skandinavisk
• skandinavisme

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Skandinavia

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)

Related terms

• skandinav
• skandinavisk
• skandinavisme