Scandianadj.
/ˈskandɪən/ = Scandinavian adj. and n.; substantive an inhabitant of Scandinavia.
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Norsea1650
scanic1665
Scandian1668
Scandic1708
Scandinavian1784
Norsk1851
Scandinavianized1924
Scandihoovian1968
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Scandinavians > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Scandinavia
Danish833
Dane901
NorthmaneOE
Scandian1668
Norseman1817
Scandinavian1830
herring choker1899
Scandihoovian1929
Scand1930
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > Scandinavian
Scandian1668
Scandinavian1784
Nordic1824
Norse1844
Anglo-Norse1927
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. i. i. §3. 3 The Danish, Scandian, or perhaps the Gothic [dialect], to which belongs the Language used in Denmark, Norway, Swedeland, and Island.
1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. iii. iii. 162 Norway, inhabited by the Progeny of the old Scandians.
1887 W. W. Skeat Princ. Eng. Etymol. 454 The only objection to the title ‘Scandinavian’ is its length, on which account I shall take the liberty to shorten it to ‘Scandian’.
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