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Scandinavia

scan·di·na·via

UK/skandɪˈnɛjvɪjə/ US/skændɪˈneɪvi.ə/ uncommon

noun

Origin

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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