Scandinavian

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Scandinavian

  • /ˌskændɪˈneɪvi.ən/

noun Scandinavians

  1. Someone from Scandinavia.
  2. The Scandinavian Defence.

adjective more Scandinavian · most Scandinavian

  1. Of or relating to Scandinavia. I thought I could organize freedom / How Scandinavian of me
  2. of a language Of or relating to the North Germanic family of languages to which Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.

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Closest in meaning: nordic, norse, northman, north germanic, scandinavian language, scandinavia, northern, north, swede, norden, viking, danish, swedish, norwegian, icelandic, fennoscandian

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noun someone from Scandinavia

Españolescandinavo, escandinava
KiswahiliMskandinavi
Portuguêsescandinavo, escandinava
FrançaisScandinave
DeutschSkandinavier, Skandinavierin
Italianoscandinavo, scandinava
ΕλληνικάΣκανδιναβός Skandinavós
Русскийскандина́в skandináv, скандина́вка skandinávka
עבריתסקנדינבי

adj of or relating to Scandinavia

Españolescandinavo
Kiswahili-a Uskandinavi
Portuguêsescandinavo
Françaisscandinave
Deutschskandinavisch
Italianoscandinavo
Ελληνικάσκανδιναβικός skandinavikós
Românăscandinav
Русскийскандина́вский skandinávskij

adj of or relating the North Germanic family of languages

Kiswahili-a Kiskandinavi
Françaisscandinave

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"Scandinavian." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/scandinavian. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{scandinavian_2026,
  title = {Scandinavian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scandinavian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}