Scandinavia en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /skændɪˈneɪvi.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
- /skandɪˈneːvi.ə/ (Wales) without the toe–tow merger
- /skandɪˈneve.ə/ (Scotland)
- /-vɪ.ə/ (Scotland)
- /-vi.ə/ (Scotland)
- /skandɪˈnɛjvɪjə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /skɛndɪˈnæɪvi.ə/ (New-Zealand)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /skæːndɪˈnæɪvi.ə/ (Australia)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Scandināvia, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō, the source also of Old English Sċedeniġ and Old Norse Skáney > Swedish Skåne (“southern tip of Sweden, Scania”).
Meanings
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A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands.
And within Scandinavia, Iceland faces an epidemic of sexual violence, with twice as many reported rapes per capita as other Nordic countries.
2023, Matt Thornton, The Gift of Violence: Practical Knowledge for Surviving and Thriving in a Dangerous World, →ISBN, page 103:The Faroes are an obscure corner of Scandinavia and, apart from Lapland, Scandinavia is perhaps the most obscure corner of the world, ethnographically speaking.
1987, Jonathan Wylie, The Faroe Islands: Interpretations of History:Internet banking has become popular in Finland and other parts of Scandinavia, for a variety of reasons.
2002, Kenneth R. Evans, Lisa K. Scheer, editors, 2002 AMA Winter Educators’ Conference: Marketing Theory and Applications, volume 13, page 423:
- A peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland; in full, Scandinavian Peninsula.
Deriveds
Scandinavophile · Scandinavian · Scando- · Scandinavism · Scandinavist
Hypernyms
Translations (87)
gv Loghlin (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · vi Xcan-đi-na-vi (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · ky Скандинавия (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · hil Eskandinabya (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · br Lec’hlenn (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · tt Скандинавия (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · ms Skandinavia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · fi Skandinavia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · nds-de Skandinavien (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · ast Escandinavia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · am ስካንዲናቪያ (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · cmn 斯堪的納維亞 /斯堪的纳维亚 (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · nb Skandinavia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · cs Skandinávie (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · ar إِسْكَنْدِنَاوِيَّة (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · cy Llychlyn (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · ar إِسْكَنْدِنَاوَة (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · km ស្កង់ឌីណាវី (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · ko 스칸디나비아 (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · or ସ୍କାଣ୍ଡିନେଭିଆ (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · el Σκανδιναβία (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · lv Skandināvija (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · hi स्कैंडेनेविया (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · be Скандына́вія (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · tg Скандинавия (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · ar إِسْكَنْدِنَافِيَا (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · fo Skandinavia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · sh Skandìnāvija (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · ja スカンディナヴィア (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · sv Skandinavien (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · kk Скандинавия (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · ga Críoch Lochlann (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · bg Скандина́вия (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · da Skandinavien (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · ru Скандина́вия (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · sl Skandinavija (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · io Skandinavia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · tk Skandinawiýa (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · my စကင်ဒီနေးဗီးယား (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · nn Skandinavia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · sk Škandinávia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · ur اسکینڈینیویا (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · he סְקַנְדִּינַבְיָה (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · ka სკანდინავია (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · az Skandinaviya (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · de Skandinavien (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · es Escandinavia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · eo Skandinavio (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · hy Սկանդինավիա (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · gd Scànnanàibhia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · kw Skandinavi (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · br Skandinavia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · bn স্ক্যান্ডিনেভিয়া (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · oc Escandinàvia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · nl Scandinavië (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · ja スカンジナビア (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · sh Скандѝна̄вија (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · sq Skandinavia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · pt Escandinávia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · sco Scandinavie (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · haw Sekanedinawia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · uz Skandinaviya (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · aii ܐܸܣܟܲܢܕܝܼܢܵܒ̮ܝܼܵܐ (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · lt Skandinavija (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · fr Scandinavie (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · gd Lochlann (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · yi סקאַנדינאַוויע (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · ca Escandinàvia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · is Skandinavía (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · la Scandināvia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · pl Skandynawia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · et Skandinaavia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · fa اسکاندیناوی (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · sv Norden (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · kmr Skandînavya (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · ro Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · cy Sgandinafia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · ug سكاندىناۋىيە (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · mn Скандинав (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · hu Skandinávia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · gl Escandinavia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · tr İskandinavya (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · mk Скандинавија (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · ja スカンディナビア (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · it Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · uk Скандина́вія (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) · th สแกนดิเนเวีย (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden)