Fennoscandia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A peninsula in Northern Europe, comprising, besides the Scandinavian Peninsula, also Finland, the Kola Peninsula and Karelia (and sometimes also including Denmark, although it is not part of the Scandinavian Peninsula).
  2. the Fennoscandian Shield underlying Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Northern Denmark; Baltic Shield.
  3. the culture group comprising the Finnic, Sami, and Scandinavian cultures.

Word forms

Fennoscandia

Etymology

From Latin Fennia (“Finland”) + Scandia (“Scandinavia”).

Synonyms

Fennoscandinavia Fenno-Scandinavia

Derived words

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