Scandinavia

[ skan-duh-ney-vee-uh ]

noun

1. Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and sometimes Finland, Iceland, and the Faeroe Islands.
2. Also called Scan·di·na·vi·an Pen·in·su·la [skan-d, uh, -, ney, -vee-, uh, n p, uh, -, nin, -s, uh, -l, uh, p, uh, -, nins, -y, uh, -l, uh]. the peninsula consisting of Norway and Sweden.

Scandinavia

/ ˌskændɪˈneɪvɪə /

noun

1. Also calledthe Scandinavian Peninsula the peninsula of N Europe occupied by Norway and Sweden
2. the countries of N Europe, esp considered as a cultural unit and including Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and often Finland, Iceland, and the Faeroes

Scandinavia

1. The region in northern Europe containing Norway , Sweden , and Denmark and the peninsulas they occupy. Through cultural, historical, and political associations, Finland and Iceland are often considered part of Scandinavia.

Other Words From

• an·ti-Scan·di·na·vi·a adjective
• pro-Scan·di·na·vi·a adjective

Example Sentences

His father was the seventh son of a Danish prince, who had been plucked out of Scandinavia to become King of Greece.

From Time

Two years ago, a group of investors bought the 231-room property and collaborated with the management company to create a little smorgasbord of Scandinavia in Dupont Circle.

From Washington Post

Kyrö also merges then and now by aging its whiskey in traditional ex-bourbon and ex-Oloroso sherry barrels as well as new American oak, relatively uncommon in Scandinavia and Europe.

From Washington Post

So, I wouldn’t want to call that by the same name of whatever is happening in Scandinavia.

From Freakonomics

So I wouldn’t want to call that by the same name of whatever is happening in Scandinavia.

From Freakonomics

Around 50 men, whose bones can be traced back to Scandinavia, were rounded up and beheaded at some point in the 11th Century.

From The Daily Beast

In Greece, they sneak into homes to scare children, and in Scandinavia, the gnomes play pranks.

From The Daily Beast

The Daily Pic: At Scandinavia House, the Popster riffs on the angst-man.

From The Daily Beast

Marxism may have developed in the middle of the 19th century but it has since evolved into the social democracies of Scandinavia.

From The Daily Beast

This was literally the Avatar of Scandinavia, and yet, I never even knew it existed.

From The Daily Beast

She seemed like a released soul, something soaring and on the wing, far-distant as the wild fjords of her native Scandinavia.

From Project Gutenberg

It is unquestionable that in England as in Scandinavia and Germany “giants and dwarfs were originally identical phenomenon”.

From Project Gutenberg

As a thunder god Finn carried a hammer with which he smote his shield; the blows were heard in Lochlann (Scandinavia).

From Project Gutenberg

The vastness of these numbers, indeed, makes me question whether they all come from Scandinavia.

From Project Gutenberg

They cannot be much older than the French period of transition, when Scandinavia first became habitable.

From Project Gutenberg