English Explanatory Dictionary

Scandinavian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone from Scandinavia.
  2. The Scandinavian Defence.
adj
  1. Of or relating to Scandinavia.
  2. Of or relating to the North Germanic family of languages to which Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.

Pronunciation

/ˌskændɪˈneɪvi.ən/ en-us-Scandinavian.ogg

Word forms

Scandinavian Scandinavians more Scandinavian most Scandinavian

Etymology

From Scandinavi(a) + -an.

Derived words

anti-Scandinavianism Blandinavian pan-Scandinavian Pan-Scandinavianism Scandie Scandiknavery Scandinavian cross Scandinavian Defence Scandinavianism Scandinavianist Scandinavianization Scandinavianize Scandinavian mile Scandinavianness Scandinavian noir Scandinavian padlock Scandinavian Peninsula Scandinavian studies Scandiwegian
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