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Scand.

 
1. Scandinavia.
2. Scandinavian.

Scan⋅di⋅na⋅vi⋅an

  [skan-duh-ney-vee-uhn]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to Scandinavia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
–noun
2. a native or inhabitant of Scandinavia.
3. the group of languages composed of Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Old Norse, Swedish, and the language of the Faeroe Islands; North Germanic. Abbreviation: Scand
Origin:
1775–85; Scandinavi(a) + -an
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Word Origin & History

Scandinavian 
1765, from L.L. Scandinavia, a mistake for Scadinavia, from a Gmc. source (cf. O.E. Scedenig, O.N. Skaney "south end of Sweden"), from P.Gmc. *skadinaujo "Scadia island," first element of uncertain origin, second element from *aujo "thing on the water," from PIE *akwa- "water." It may truly have been an island when the word was formed; the geography of the Baltic Sea has changed dramatically since the end of the Ice Ages.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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