Skandināvija

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin Scandinavia (“Scandināvia”), a borrowing from some Nordic language (cf. Proto-Germanic *Skaþinawjō (“Scania”), Old English Scedenig, Old Norse Skaney (“southern tip of Sweden”), from *awjō (“island”) cf. Old English ī(e)g (“island”), Old Norse ey, Danish ø, Swedish ö (“island”)), adapted to follow Latvian patterns (suffix -ija)

Proper noun

Skandināvija f (4th declension)

1. (geographically) the Scandinavian peninsula (Norway, Sweden and parts of northern Finland

   Skandināvijas pussala ― Scandinavian peninsula

2. (politically, culturally) Norway, Sweden and Denmark, sometimes also Finland and Iceland; the main Nordic countries

   Skandināvija ir vēsturisks un ģeogrāfisks Ziemeļeiropas reģions ― Scandinavia is a historical and geographic region of Northern Europe