Scandinavia

Borrowed from Latin Scandināvia, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō (“Scadia island”) (compare Old English Sċedeniġ, Old Norse Skáney > Swedish Skåne (“southern tip of Sweden, Scania”)), with the suffix *awjō (“island”) (compare Old English īġ, īeġ (“island”), whence dialectal modern English ey; Old Norse ey (“island”)). Doublet of Scania.

• (US) IPA^(key): /skændɪˈneɪvi.ə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪviə

Scandinavia

2. A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands.
   • 1987, Jonathan Wylie, The Faroe Islands: Interpretations of History‎^[1]:

     The Faroes are an obscure corner of Scandinavia and, apart from Lapland, Scandinavia is perhaps the most obscure corner of the world, ethnographically speaking.

   • 2002, Kenneth R. Evans, Lisa K. Scheer, editors, 2002 AMA Winter Educators’ Conference: Marketing Theory and Applications‎^[2], volume 13, page 423:

     Internet banking has become popular in Finland and other parts of Scandinavia, for a variety of reasons.

   • 2023, Matt Thornton, The Gift of Violence: Practical Knowledge for Surviving and Thriving in a Dangerous World, →ISBN, page 103:

     And within Scandinavia, Iceland faces an epidemic of sexual violence, with twice as many reported rapes per capita as other Nordic countries.

4. A peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland; in full, Scandinavian Peninsula.

• (group of countries): Nordic countries

• Scandinavian
• Scandinavism

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

• IPA^(key): /skan.diˈna.vja/
• Rhymes: -avja
• Hyphenation: Scan‧di‧nà‧via

Scandinavia f

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; in full, Scandinavian Peninsula)

• scandinavo

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

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [skan.dɪˈnaː.wi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [skan̪.d̪iˈnaː.vi.a]

Scandināvia f sg (genitive Scandināviae); first declension

1. Scandinavia (a geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of modern Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands)
2. Scandinavia, Scandinavian Peninsula (a peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland)
3. a large and fertile island in Northern Europe, perhaps Zealand or Scania

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Scandia

• scandināvicus

• English: Scandinavia

• “Scandinavia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Scandinavia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.