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What is the difference between scandinavian and scandinavia?

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scandinavian

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone from Scandinavia.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of Scandinavia.
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  • (Of a language ) Of the North Germanic family to which Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.
  • Derived terms

    * (l)

    scandinavia

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively.
  • (geographic) The Scandinavian Peninsula
  • Hypernyms

    * (group of countries) Nordic countries

    Derived terms

    * Scandinavian ----