Scandinavia
[skan-duh-ney-vee-uh]
- Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and sometimes Finland, Iceland, and the Faeroe Islands.
- Also called Scandinavian Peninsula. the peninsula consisting of Norway and Sweden.
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Examples from the Web for scandinavia
Contemporary Examples
Around 50 men, whose bones can be traced back to Scandinavia, were rounded up and beheaded at some point in the 11th Century.
In Greece, they sneak into homes to scare children, and in Scandinavia, the gnomes play pranks.
The Daily Pic: At Scandinavia House, the Popster riffs on the angst-man.
Marxism may have developed in the middle of the 19th century but it has since evolved into the social democracies of Scandinavia.
This was literally the Avatar of Scandinavia, and yet, I never even knew it existed.
Historical Examples
All was over with Scandinavia; there remained the Normans of France.
A Literary History of the English PeopleJean Jules Jusserand
The people of Scandinavia are always kind to their dumb animals.
The Land of the Long NightPaul du Chaillu
It was the ninth before Christianity made much progress in Scandinavia.
The Book of Hallowe'enRuth Edna Kelley
She was ruler of the whole of Scandinavia, with its three ancient kingdoms.
Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15)Charles Morris
Found on rocks and stones in Scotland, Shetland, and Scandinavia.
Vegetable DyesEthel M. Mairet
Scandinavia
- Also called: the Scandinavian Peninsula the peninsula of N Europe occupied by Norway and Sweden
- the countries of N Europe, esp considered as a cultural unit and including Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and often Finland, Iceland, and the Faeroes
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Word Origin and History for scandinavia
Scandinavia
1765, from Late Latin Scandinavia, Skandinovia, a mistake for Scadinavia, from a Germanic source (cf. Old English Scedenig, Old Norse Skaney "south end of Sweden"), from Proto-Germanic *skadinaujo "Scadia island," first element of uncertain origin, second element from *aujo "thing on the water," from PIE *akwa- "water" (see aqua-). It might truly have been an island when the word was formed; the coastlines of the Baltic Sea has changed dramatically since the end of the Ice Ages.
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Scandinavia
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