Skandināvija

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin Scandināvia, a borrowing from some Nordic/North Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō (“Scania”), from *awjō (“island”).

See also Old English Scedenig, Old Norse Skáney (“southern tip of Sweden”); also Old English ī(e)g (“island”), Old Norse ey, Danish ø, Swedish ö (“island”)), adapted to follow Latvian patterns (suffix -ija)

Skandināvija f (4th declension)

1. Scandinavia (a geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands)

   Skandināvija ir vēsturisks un ģeogrāfisks Ziemeļeiropas reģions ― Scandinavia is a historical and geographic region of Northern Europe

2. Scandinavia (a peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland; in full, Scandinavian Peninsula)

   Skandināvijas pussala ― Scandinavian peninsula

• skandināvisks
• skandināvs, skandināviete