Scandinavia

English thumb|right|Scandinavia in a narrow sense (red) and the Nordic countries (red, orange, and yellow) Etymology en non qfa-suben ine h₂ékʷeh₂ Borrowed from en la Scandināvia, from en gem-pro *Skadinawjō, the source also of ang Sċedeniġ and non Skáney > sv Skåne southern tip of Sweden, Scania. Pronunciation en /skændɪˈneɪvi.ə/ RP,US en /skandɪˈnɛjvɪjə/ SSB en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Scandinavia.wav Southern England en /skæːndɪˈnæɪvi.ə/ AU!Australia en /skɛndɪˈnæɪvi.ə/ NZ en /skandɪˈneve.ə/ /-vɪ.ə/ /-vi.ə/ Scotland en /skandɪˈneːvi.ə/ Wales,non-toe-tow en eɪviə 5 Proper noun en Q21195en geographic region r/Northern Europe consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands. en 1987 Jonathan Wylie The Faroe Islands: Interpretations of History https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=L0coEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT15 The Faroes are an obscure corner of Scandinavia and, apart from Lapland, Scandinavia is perhaps the most obscure corner of the world, ethnographically speaking. en 2002 Kenneth R. Evans; Lisa K. Scheer 2002 AMA Winter Educators’ Conference: Marketing Theory and Applications 13 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dbwrAAAAYAAJ 423 Internet banking has become popular in Finland and other parts of Scandinavia, for a variety of reasons. en 2023 Matt Thornton The Gift of Violence: Practical Knowledge for Surviving and Thriving in a Dangerous World 9781634312301 103 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7m6jEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA103 And within Scandinavia, Iceland faces an epidemic of sexual violence, with twice as many reported rapes per capita as other Nordic countries. en Q73169en peninsula r/Northern Europe consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland Scandinavian Peninsula. Hypernyms group of countries en Nordic countries Derived terms en Scandinavist Scandinavophile Scando- Scandinavian Scandinavism Translations Denmark, Norway, and Sweden Albanian: sq Skandinavia f Amharic: am ስካንዲናቪያ Arabic: ar إِسْكَنْدِنَافِيَا f, ar إِسْكَنْدِنَاوَة f, ar إِسْكَنْدِنَاوِيَّة f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܐܸܣܟܲܢܕܝܼܢܵܒ̮ܝܼܵܐ f Armenian: hy Սկանդինավիա Asturian: ast Escandinavia f Azerbaijani: az Skandinaviya Belarusian: be Скандына́вія f Bengali: bn স্ক্যান্ডিনেভিয়া Breton: br Skandinavia, br Lec’hlenn Bulgarian: bg Скандина́вия f Burmese: my စကင်ဒီနေးဗီးယား Catalan: ca Escandinàvia f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 斯堪的納維亞 Sīkāndìnàwéiyà Cornish: kw Skandinavi Czech: cs Skandinávie f Danish: da Skandinavien n Dutch: nl Scandinavië n Esperanto: eo Skandinavio Estonian: et Skandinaavia Faroese: fo Skandinavia f Finnish: fi Skandinavia French: fr Scandinavie f Galician: gl Escandinavia f Georgian: ka სკანდინავია German: de Skandinavien n Greek: el Σκανδιναβία f Hawaiian: haw Sekanedinawia Hebrew: he סְקַנְדִּינַבְיָה skandináviya Hiligaynon: hil Eskandinabya Hindi: hi स्कैंडेनेविया m Hungarian: hu Skandinávia Icelandic: is Skandinavía f Ido: io Skandinavia Irish: ga Críoch Lochlann f Italian: it Scandinavia f Japanese: ja スカンディナヴィア Sukandinavia, ja スカンジナビア Sukanjinabia, ja スカンディナビア Sukandinabia Kazakh: kk Скандинавия Khmer: km ស្កង់ឌីណាវី Korean: ko ^스칸디나비아 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Skandînavya Kyrgyz: ky Скандинавия Latin: la Scandināvia f Latvian: lv Skandināvija f Lithuanian: lt Skandinavija f Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Scandinavië German Low German: nds-de Skandinavien n Macedonian: mk Скандинавија f Malay: ms Skandinavia Manx: gv Loghlin f Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Скандинав Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Skandinavia Nynorsk: nn Skandinavia Occitan: oc Escandinàvia f Odia: or ସ୍କାଣ୍ଡିନେଭିଆ Persian: fa اسکاندیناوی eskândinâvi Polish: pl Skandynawia f Portuguese: pt Escandinávia f Romanian: ro Scandinavia f Russian: ru Скандина́вия f Scots: sco Scandinavie Scottish Gaelic: gd Lochlann m f, gd Scànnanàibhia Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Скандѝна̄вија f Latin: sh Skandìnāvija f Slovak: sk Škandinávia f Slovene: sl Skandinavija f Spanish: es Escandinavia f Swedish: sv Skandinavien n, sv Norden c Tajik: tg Скандинавия Tatar: tt Скандинавия Thai: th สแกนดิเนเวีย Turkish: tr İskandinavya Turkmen: tk Skandinawiýa Ukrainian: uk Скандина́вія f Urdu: ur اسکینڈینیویا m iskainḍeneviyā Uyghur: ug سكاندىناۋىيە Uzbek: uz Skandinaviya Vietnamese: vi Xcan-đi-na-vi Welsh: cy Llychlyn f, cy Sgandinafia f Yiddish: yi סקאַנדינאַוויע n Scandinavian Peninsula Maltese: mt Skandinavja f, mt Iskandinavja l-Iskandinavja f en exonyms Italian Etymology it la Scandināvia, from it gem-pro *Skadinawjō Scadia island. Pronunciation Scandinàvia Proper noun f it Scandinavia Q21195,Q73169 Derived terms it scandinavo it exonyms Latin la: Alternative forms la Scadināvia la Scatināvia la Scandināuia, la Scatināuia, la Scadināuia orthographic variants Etymology From la gem-pro *Skadinawjō Scania; Scandinavia from a toponym of unknown origin compounded with gem-pro *awjō island, likely under influence of la non Skáney Scania from the same source, whence also la Scania. Pronunciation Scandināvia Proper noun Scandināvia<1.loc> la geographic region r/Northern Europe consisting of modern Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands Scandinavia la peninsula r/Northern Europe consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland Scandinavia Scandinavian Peninsula a large and fertile island in Northern Europe, perhaps Zealand or Scania Declension Scandināvia<1.loc> Synonyms la Scandia Derived terms la scandināvicus Descendants en Scandinavia References