Associations to the word «Scandinavia»

Wiktionary

SCANDINAVIA, proper noun. (political) (cultural) (linguistic) (etc.) Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively.
SCANDINAVIA, proper noun. (geographic) The Scandinavian Peninsula

Dictionary definition

SCANDINAVIA, noun. The peninsula in northern Europe occupied by Norway and Sweden.
SCANDINAVIA, noun. A group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats