What does SCANDINAVIAN mean?
Definitions for SCANDINAVIAN
ˌskæn dəˈneɪ vi ənscan·di·na·vian
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Princeton's WordNet
Scandinavian, Norse, Northmannoun
an inhabitant of Scandinavia
Scandinavian, Scandinavian language, Nordic, Norse, North Germanic, North Germanic languageadjective
the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
Scandinavian, Norseadjective
of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures
"Norse sagas"; "Norse nomads"
Wiktionary
Scandinaviannoun
Someone from Scandinavia.
Scandinavianadjective
Of Scandinavia.
Scandinavianadjective
(Of a language) Of the North Germanic family to which Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.
Wikipedia
Scandinavian
A Scandinavian is a resident of Scandinavia or something associated with the region, including:
ChatGPT
scandinavian
Scandinavian generally refers to anything pertaining to the region of Scandinavia, which traditionally includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can refer to individuals from these countries, their languages (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish), and their shared history, culture, and traditions. It may also encompass the broader Nordic countries, including Finland, Iceland, and their associated territories.
Webster Dictionary
Scandinavianadjective
of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
Scandinaviannoun
a native or inhabitant of Scandinavia
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Scandinavian
skan-di-nā′vi-an, adj. of Scandinavia, the peninsula divided into Norway and Sweden, but, in a historical sense, applying also to Denmark and Iceland.—n. a native of Scandinavia. [L. Scandinavia, Scandia.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of SCANDINAVIAN in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of SCANDINAVIAN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of SCANDINAVIAN in a Sentence
Our focus will be on one of the two major Scandinavian airlines, we think one or the other of those are the most likely to fail this winter.
It's developing out in the Atlantic at present, [ and ] it's heading directly for the UK so to speak, it will clear out of the UK over the course of Friday and travel towards Denmark and the Scandinavian countries.
The intermediate model is represented by most of the western European countries and the Czech Republic, where grandparents are strongly involved in child care but with a lower frequency than in the Mediterranean model and higher than in the Scandinavian countries, in these countries, characterized by levels of policy support that are in between the other two models, grandparental child care is complementary to public policies rather than substituting them.
I have always leaned left, admired Scandinavian countries, voted for Smer in last election - but I won't support them this time, fico's welfare packages are pure populism, but he hasn't delivered on his promises to make real change.
We suspected that there was a chronology to the northern Scandinavian gene pool, and it did indeed prove that a more recent influx of Uralic ancestry into Scandinavia define much of the northern gene pool, but if it is recent, it is comparatively so. For example, we know that this Uralic ancestry was present in northern Scandinavia as early as during the late Viking period.
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