Scanian
9.5
A person from Scania in southern Sweden
- noun
:
escano
- As a Scanian, she enjoyed sharing stories about her hometown with visitors from other regions.
Examples
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"Tell them in Hell that Unferth, son of Ecglaf, sent you, known far and wide in these Scanian lands as a hero among Scyldings.
Fiction book (1999) -
Many Scanian families gather at the annual harvest festival to celebrate their local traditions.
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The Scanian dialect has unique words and pronunciations that distinguish it from other Swedish dialects.
Synonyms
Swede
vsScanian
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2.6
A person from Sweden
is about someone from a specific region within that nation
Scandinavian
vsScanian
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2.9
A person from Denmark, Norway, or Sweden
is narrower referring to someone from a single region within one country
Surface Forms
Morphology
Scanian = Scania (transparent) = Scania + an
A regular demonymic noun formed from the place name by adding '-an', indicating a person from Scania.
Etymology
Scanian comes from the region name Scania, which is Skåne in Swedish. A Scanian is simply a person 'from Scania', someone who lives in or comes from that part of southern Sweden.