Scandinavia

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Scandinavia

/skændɪˈneɪvi.ə/ UK, US
/skandɪˈnɛjvɪjə/ British, Southern, Standard
/skæːndɪˈnæɪvi.ə/ Australia
/skɛndɪˈnæɪvi.ə/ New Zealand
/skandɪˈneve.ə/ Scotland
/-vɪ.ə/ Scotland
/-vi.ə/ Scotland
/skandɪˈneːvi.ə/ Wales

Rhymes with -eɪviə

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin Scandināvia, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō, the source also of Old English Sċedeniġ and Old Norse Skáney > Swedish Skåne (“southern tip of Sweden, Scania”).

proper noun

A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands. The Faroes are an obscure corner of Scandinavia and, apart from Lapland, Scandinavia is perhaps the most obscure corner of the world, ethnographically speaking.
A peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland; in full, Scandinavian Peninsula.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: scandinavian peninsula, nordics, scandinavian, nordic, norse, ireland, norte, northern, north, norden, scandinavians, fennoscandia, scandia, northlands, nordic country, northern europe

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name Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

Español	Escandinavia
한국어	스칸디나비아 Seukandinabia
日本語	スカンディナヴィア Sukandinavia, スカンジナビア Sukanjinabia, スカンディナビア Sukandinabia
中文	斯堪的納維亞 /斯堪的纳维亚 Sīkāndìnàwéiyà
हिन्दी	स्कैंडेनेविया skaiṇḍeneviyā
Português	Escandinávia
Français	Scandinavie
Deutsch	Skandinavien
Italiano	Scandinavia
Ελληνικά	Σκανδιναβία Skandinavía
Română	Scandinavia
Русский	Скандина́вия Skandinávija
Tiếng Việt	Xcan-đi-na-vi
العربية	إِسْكَنْدِنَافِيَا ʔiskandināfiyā, إِسْكَنْدِنَاوَة ʔiskandināwa, إِسْكَنْدِنَاوِيَّة ʔiskandināwiyya
עברית	סְקַנְדִּינַבְיָה skandináviya

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"Scandinavia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/scandinavia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Scandinavia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/scandinavia

Chicago

"Scandinavia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/scandinavia.

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@misc{scandinavia_2026,
  title = {Scandinavia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scandinavia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}