Scandinavia

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Scandināvia, from Proto-Germanic *Skaþinawjō (“Scadia island”) (compare Old English Scedenig, Old Norse Skáney '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

Derived terms

Translations
Scandinavian Peninsula — see Scandinavian Peninsula
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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Scandināvia, from Proto-Germanic *Skaþinawjō (“Scadia island”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skan.diˈna.vja/, [s̪kän̪d̪iˈn̺äːvjä]
  • Rhymes: -avja
  • Stress: Scandinàvia
  • Hyphenation: Scan‧di‧na‧via

Proper noun

Scandinavia f

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

Derived terms

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

Derived terms

Descendants

References
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