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SCANDINAVIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
Synonyms:
Nordic; Norse; North Germanic; North Germanic language; Scandinavian; Scandinavian language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Scandinavian" is a kind of...):
Germanic; Germanic language (a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Scandinavian"):
Danish (a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark)
Icelandic (a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Iceland)
Norwegian (a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway)
Swedish (a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland)
Faeroese; Faroese (a Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An inhabitant of Scandinavia
Synonyms:
Norse; Northman; Scandinavian
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Scandinavian" is a kind of...):
European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Scandinavian"):
Viking (any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries)
berserk; berserker (one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury)
Holonyms ("Scandinavian" is a member of...):
Scandinavia (a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian)
Derivation:
Scandinavian (of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures
Example:
Norse nomads
Synonyms:
Norse; Scandinavian
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Scandinavia (a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian)
Derivation:
Scandinavia (a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian)
Scandinavia (the peninsula in northern Europe occupied by Norway and Sweden)
Scandinavian (an inhabitant of Scandinavia)
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