Skandinavija

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skandǐnaːʋija/
  • Hyphenation: Skan‧di‧na‧vi‧ja

Proper noun

Skandìnāvija f (Cyrillic spelling Скандѝна̄вија)

  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)

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skandinàːʋija/

Proper noun

Skandinávija 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)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nominative Skandinávija
genitive Skandinávije
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Skandinávija
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Skandinávije
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Skandináviji
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Skandinávijo
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Skandináviji
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Skandinávijo

Further reading

  • Skandinavija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • Skandinavija”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references