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Scandinavian
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English
Etymology
en :af Scandinavia<alt:Scandinavi(a)> -an + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˌskændɪˈneɪvi.ən/
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Noun
Someone from Scandinavia.
en chess The Scandinavian Defence.
Translations
someone from Scandinavia
Catalan: ca escandinau m, ca escandinava f
Czech: cs Skandinávec m, cs Skandinávka f
Danish: da skandinav c
Dutch: nl Scandinaviër m, nl Scandinaaf m, nl Scandinavische f, nl Scandinaafse f
Esperanto: eo skandinavo, eo skandinavino female
Estonian: et skandinaavlane
Faroese: fo skandinavi m
Finnish: fi skandinaavi
French: fr Scandinave m f
Galician: gl escandinavo m, gl escandinava f
Georgian: ka სკანდინავიელი
German: de Skandinavier m, de Skandinavierin f
Greek: el Σκανδιναβός m
Hebrew: he סקנדינבי
Hungarian: hu skandináv
Icelandic: is Skandinavi m
Ido: io Skandinaviano, io Skandinavo
Irish: ga Lochlannach m
Italian: it scandinavo m, it scandinava f
Kazakh: kk скандинавиялық
Latvian: lv skandināvs m, lv skandināviete f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb skandinav m
Nynorsk: nn skandinav m
Old English: ang Norþmann m
Polish: pl Skandynaw m, pl Skandynawka f
Portuguese: pt escandinavo m, pt escandinava f
Russian: ru скандина́в m, ru скандина́вка f
Scottish Gaelic: gd Lochlannach m
Slovak: sk Škandinávec m, sk Škandinávka f
Spanish: es escandinavo m, es escandinava f
Swahili: sw Mskandinavi
Swedish: sv skandinav c
Turkish: tr İskandinav, tr İskandinavyalı
Adjective
Of or relating to Scandinavia.
en Hunter (Björk song) Hunter w:Björk 1997 w:Homogenic I thought I could organize freedom / How Scandinavian of me
en 2005 Annabelle du Fouet Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys w:Ellora's Cave 1419954830 The murky world from whence it all came 2 40 The Vikings: For a three hundred year period beginning in 800 AD, a group of Scandinavian kinksters based in Sweden roamed the ocean, from time to time making land and slaughtering whatever local people they found.
en 2013-06-08 407 8839 55 w:The Economist http://www.economist.com/news/business/21579011-president-proposes-new-round-intellectual-property-reform-obama-goes-troll-hunting Obama goes troll-hunting The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll. https://web.archive.org/web/20200919102154/https://www.economist.com/business/2013/06/08/obama-goes-troll-hunting
en Esra Gurkan Steve Guerdat: Swiss rider’s Jumping final victory is family affair w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/29/sport/longines-fei-world-cup-16 2016-03-29 It’s the second year in a row that Switzerland’s Guerdat has triumphed at the FEI World Cup Jumping series as he finished ahead of Harrie Smolders, from the Netherlands, with Germany’s Daniel Deusser in third in front of an 11,000-strong crowd at the Scandinavian Arena. https://web.archive.org/web/20250621053832/https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/29/sport/longines-fei-world-cup-16 21 June 2025
en of a language Of or relating to the North Germanic family of languages to which Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.
Derived terms
en anti-Scandinavianism Blandinavian pan-Scandinavian Pan-Scandinavianism Scandie Scandiknavery Scandinavianization Scandinavianize Scandinavianness Scandiwegian Scandinavian cross East Scandinavian Scandinavian Defence Scandinavianism Scandinavianist Scandinavian mile Scandinavian noir Scandinavian padlock Scandinavian Peninsula Scandinavian studies
Translations
of or relating to Scandinavia
Armenian: hy սկանդինավյան
Asturian: ast escandinavu
Catalan: ca escandinau
Czech: cs skandinávský
Danish: da skandinavisk
Dutch: nl Scandinavisch, nl Scandinaafs
Faroese: fo skandinaviskur m
Finnish: fi skandinaavinen
French: fr scandinave
Galician: gl escandinavo
Georgian: ka სკანდინავიური, ka სკანდინავიის
German: de skandinavisch
Greek: el σκανδιναβικός m
Hungarian: hu skandináv
Icelandic: is skandinavískur m, is norrænn m
Ido: io Skandinaviana, io Skandinava
Irish: ga Lochlannach
Italian: it scandinavo
Kazakh: kk скандинавиялық
Latvian: lv skandināvu, lv skandināvisks
Macedonian: mk сканди́навски
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb skandinavisk
Nynorsk: nn skandinavisk
Polish: pl skandynawski
Portuguese: pt escandinavo
Romanian: ro scandinav
Russian: ru скандина́вский
Scottish Gaelic: gd Lochlannach
Slovak: sk škandinávsky
Spanish: es escandinavo
Swahili: sw -a Uskandinavi
Swedish: sv skandinavisk
Tagalog: tl Eskandinabo
Turkish: tr İskandinav
Ukrainian: uk скандина́вський m
of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
Danish: da skandinavisk
Dutch: nl Scandinavisch
Faroese: fo skandinaviskur m
Finnish: fi skandinaavinen, fi pohjoisgermaaninen
French: fr scandinave
Galician: gl escandinavo m
Georgian: ka სკანდინავიური
Icelandic: is skandinavískur m, is norrænn m
Ido: io Skandinaviana, io Skandinava
Kazakh: kk скандинавиялық
Latvian: lv skandināvu, lv skandināvisks
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb skandinavisk
Nynorsk: nn skandinavisk
Polish: pl skandynawski
Slovak: sk škandinávsky
Swahili: sw -a Kiskandinavi
Swedish: sv skandinavisk
Estonian: et skandinaavia
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