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Scand

Scand is the abbreviation of Scandinavia.

Meaning of Scandinavia

Proper noun

Scandinavia

  1. A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands.
    • The Faroes are an obscure corner of Scandinavia and, apart from Lapland, Scandinavia is perhaps the most obscure corner of the world, ethnographically speaking.1987, Jonathan Wylie, The Faroe Islands: Interpretations of History
  2. A peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland; in full, Scandinavian Peninsula.

Questions about Scand

What is Scand the abbreviation of?
Scand is the abbreviation of Scandinavia.

Words near Scand in the dictionary

  1. scanced
  2. scances
  3. scancing
  4. scancode
  5. scancodes
  6. Scand
  7. Scand.
  8. Scandahoovian
  9. Scandahoovians
  10. scandal
  11. scandal of particularity

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