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Scandinavia

Scandinavia

English

Scandinavia (red) and the Nordic countries (red, orange, and yellow)

Proper noun

Scandinavia

  1. (politics, cultural, linguistic, etc.) Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively.
  2. (geographic) The Scandinavian Peninsula

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Latin

Alternative forms

  • Scadinavia
  • Scatinavia
  • Scandinauia, Scatinauia, Scadinauia (orthographic variants)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Skaþinawjō (Scadia island), from *awjō (island).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Scandināvia f (genitive Scandināviae); first declension

  1. Scandinavia
  2. Zealand

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

Case Singular
nominative Scandināvia
genitive Scandināviae
dative Scandināviae
accusative Scandināviam
ablative Scandināviā
vocative Scandināvia
locative Scandināviae

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