Scania

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Scania

  • /ˈskæni.ə/ UK, US

Where it comes from

From Medieval Latin Scania (attested since 950), from Old Norse Skáney, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō. Doublet of Scandinavia.

proper noun

  1. A former province, historical region, and peninsula in Sweden, roughly coterminous with Skåne County and occupying the southern tip of the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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name historical region currently part of Sweden occupying the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula

EspañolEscania
PortuguêsEscânia, Skåne, Skane
FrançaisScanie
DeutschSchonen
ItalianoScania
ΕλληνικάΣκάνια Skánia
RomânăScania
РусскийСко́не Skóne
العربيةسكونا sukunan

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MLA

"Scania." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/scania. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{scania_2026,
  title = {Scania},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scania},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}