Scandinavian
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- noun
- /ˌskændɪˈneɪviən/
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lenguas escandinavas
- She decided to study the Scandinavian languages to better understand the cultures of Norway and Sweden.
Examples
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Back when Scandinavian was offering Greenland service, what some folks did was book an award between the US and Greenland, connecting anywhere they wanted in Europe—and from there connect up to the SAS flight to Greenland.
Blog text (2) -
Very interesting... looks like tenth or eleventh century Scandinavian.
Fiction book (1994) -
Yes, including the Scandinavian.
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So are are there Norwegian or other Scandinavian language translations of Marcus Aurelius or Seneca or any of the other stock figures?
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What's most interesting about that is we've got this reuse of an, of an old beautiful object with an old Norse inscription using Scandinavian Viking writing.
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The professor is an expert in Scandinavian languages, teaching courses on Danish and Swedish.
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Many words in English are derived from Scandinavian due to historical Viking influences.
Synonyms
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A group of northern Germanic languages like Danish and Swedish
A language spoken in northern Europe, for example Swedish or Danish
A language spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland, like Swedish or Danish
A group of languages spoken in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands
Compounds
A large piece of land in northern Europe mostly covered by Norway and Sweden
Surface Forms
Morphology
Scandinavian = Scandinavia (transparent) = Scandinavia + an
Used to form a label for the group of languages associated with Scandinavia; the connection to the place name is direct, though the linguistic classification is a specialized extension.
Etymology
Scandinavian for languages simply means 'of Scandinavia' and refers to the languages that come from that region, like Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, and all go back to Old Norse. So a Scandinavian language is one spoken in those northern countries.