Scandinavia

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Scandināvia, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō (“Scadia island”) (compare Old English Sċedeniġ, Old Norse Skáney > Swedish Skåne (“southern tip of Sweden, Scania”)), with the suffix *awjō (“island”) (compare Old English īġ, īeġ (“island”), whence dialectal modern English ey; Old Norse ey (“island”)). Doublet of Scania. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /skændɪˈneɪvi.ə/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /skandɪˈnɛjvɪjə/ (Australia) IPA(key): /skæːndɪˈnæɪvi.ə/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /skɛndɪˈnæɪvi.ə/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /skandɪˈneve.ə/, /-vɪ.ə/, /-vi.ə/ (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA(key): /skandɪˈneːvi.ə/ Rhymes: -eɪviə === Proper noun === Scandinavia A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands. A peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland; in full, Scandinavian Peninsula. ==== Hypernyms ==== (group of countries): Nordic countries ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Scandināvia, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō (“Scadia island”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skan.diˈna.vja/ Rhymes: -avja Hyphenation: Scan‧di‧nà‧via === Proper noun === Scandinavia f Scandinavia (a geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands) Scandinavia (a peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland; in full, Scandinavian Peninsula) ==== Derived terms ==== scandinavo == Latin == === Alternative forms === Scadināvia Scatināvia Scandināuia, Scatināuia, Scadināuia (orthographic variants) === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō (“Scadia island”), from *awjō (“island”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [skan.dɪˈnaː.wi.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [skan.diˈnaː.vi.a] === Proper noun === Scandināvia f sg (genitive Scandināviae); first declension Scandinavia (a geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of modern Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands) Scandinavia, Scandinavian Peninsula (a peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland) a large and fertile island in Northern Europe, perhaps Zealand or Scania ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Synonyms ==== Scandia ==== Derived terms ==== scandināvicus ==== Descendants ==== English: Scandinavia === References === “Scandinavia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Scandinavia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.