Meanings
proper noun
- A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands.
Internet banking has become popular in Finland and other parts of Scandinavia, for a variety of reasons.
2002, Kenneth R. Evans, Lisa K. Scheer, editors, 2002 AMA Winter Educators’ Conference: Marketing Theory and Applications, volume 13, page 4232 more examples
The Faroes are an obscure corner of Scandinavia and, apart from Lapland, Scandinavia is perhaps the most obscure corner of the world, ethnographically speaking.
1987, Jonathan Wylie, The Faroe Islands: Interpretations of HistoryAnd within Scandinavia, Iceland faces an epidemic of sexual violence, with twice as many reported rapes per capita as other Nordic countries.
2023, Matt Thornton, The Gift of Violence: Practical Knowledge for Surviving and Thriving in a Dangerous World, →ISBN, page 103 - A peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland; in full, Scandinavian Peninsula.
Synonyms & antonyms
Broader
group of countries
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*Skadinawjō
- LatinScandināvia
- EnglishScandinavia
Borrowed from Latin Scandināvia, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō, the source also of Old English Sċedeniġ and Old Norse Skáney > Swedish Skåne (“southern tip of Sweden, Scania”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic إِسْكَنْدِنَافِيَا, إِسْكَنْدِنَاوَة
- إِسْكَنْدِنَافِيَا (ʔiskandināfiyā)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
- إِسْكَنْدِنَاوَة (ʔiskandināwa)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
- إِسْكَنْدِنَاوِيَّة (ʔiskandināwiyya)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Bengali স্ক্যান্ডিনেভিয়া
- স্ক্যান্ডিনেভিয়া (skênḍinebhiẏa)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Bulgarian Скандина́вия
- Скандина́вия (Skandinávija)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Catalan Escandinàvia
- EscandinàviaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Chinese Mandarin 斯堪的納維亞 /斯堪的纳维亚
- 斯堪的納維亞 /斯堪的纳维亚 (Sīkāndìnàwéiyà)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Czech Skandinávie
- SkandinávieDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Danish Skandinavien
- SkandinavienDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Dutch Scandinavië
- ScandinaviëDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Esperanto Skandinavio
- SkandinavioDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Estonian Skandinaavia
- SkandinaaviaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Finnish Skandinavia
- SkandinaviaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
French Scandinavie
- ScandinavieDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
German Skandinavien
- SkandinavienDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Greek Σκανδιναβία
- Σκανδιναβία (Skandinavía)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Hawaiian Sekanedinawia
- SekanedinawiaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Hebrew סְקַנְדִּינַבְיָה
- סְקַנְדִּינַבְיָה (skandináviya)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Hindi स्कैंडेनेविया
- स्कैंडेनेविया (skaiṇḍeneviyā)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Hungarian Skandinávia
- SkandináviaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Icelandic Skandinavía
- SkandinavíaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Irish Críoch Lochlann
- Críoch LochlannDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Italian Scandinavia
- ScandinaviaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Japanese スカンディナヴィア, スカンジナビア
- スカンディナヴィア (Sukandinavia)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
- スカンジナビア (Sukanjinabia)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
- スカンディナビア (Sukandinabia)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Korean 스칸디나비아
- 스칸디나비아 (Seukandinabia)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Latin Scandināvia
- ScandināviaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Latvian Skandināvija
- SkandināvijaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Lithuanian Skandinavija
- SkandinavijaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Malay Skandinavia
- SkandinaviaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Norwegian Bokmål Skandinavia
- SkandinaviaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Persian اسکاندیناوی
- اسکاندیناوی (eskândinâvi)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Polish Skandynawia
- SkandynawiaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Portuguese Escandinávia
- EscandináviaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Romanian Scandinavia
- ScandinaviaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Russian Скандина́вия
- Скандина́вия (Skandinávija)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Scottish Gaelic Lochlann, Scànnanàibhia
- LochlannDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
- ScànnanàibhiaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Slovak Škandinávia
- ŠkandináviaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Spanish Escandinavia
- EscandinaviaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Swedish Skandinavien, Norden
- SkandinavienDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
- NordenDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Thai สแกนดิเนเวีย
- สแกนดิเนเวีย (sà-gɛɛn-dì-nee-wiia)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Turkish İskandinavya
- İskandinavyaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Ukrainian Скандина́вія
- Скандина́вія (Skandynávija)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Urdu اسکینڈینیویا
- اسکینڈینیویا (iskainḍeneviyā)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Vietnamese Xcan-đi-na-vi
- Xcan-đi-na-viDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Welsh Llychlyn, Sgandinafia
- LlychlynDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
- SgandinafiaDenmark, Norway, and Sweden
Yiddish סקאַנדינאַוויע
- סקאַנדינאַוויע (skandinavye)Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Scandinavia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Scandinavia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scandinavia
MLA
“Scandinavia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scandinavia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Scandinavia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scandinavia.
Source: Scandinavia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.