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Scandinavian.

Someone from Scandinavia.

12 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌskændɪˈneɪvi.ən/
  1. Someone from Scandinavia.

  2. The Scandinavian Defence.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English Scandinavi(a) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Scandinavian From Scandinavi(a) + -an.

adj/ˌskændɪˈneɪvi.ən/
  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.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English Scandinavi(a) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Scandinavian From Scandinavi(a) + -an.

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