Scandinavian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ËŒskændɪˈneɪviÉ™n/

Origin

Scandinavia + -an

Full definition of Scandinavian

Noun

1. Someone from Scandinavia.

Adjective

1. Of Scandinavia.
• 2013-06-08, Obama goes troll-hunting, The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.
2. (Of a language) Of the North Germanic family to which Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.

Derived terms

• Scandinavian Peninsula