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English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) + -ia. See Scandinavia, Scania.
Proper noun
Scandia
- (poetic) Scandinavia
- A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
- A city and town in Kansas, United States.
- A city in Minnesota, United States.
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Latin
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Scandia f sg (genitive Scandiae); first declension
- Scandia, Scandinavia
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek Σκάνδεια (Skándeia).
Proper noun
Scandia f sg (genitive Scandiae); first declension
- a town on the island of Cythera
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Scandia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Scandia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Scandeia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly