scandinavian

«scandinavian» in Mova's school dictionary: adjective: From or to do with Scandinavia — Norway… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (Scandinavian); noun (a Scandinavian, Scandinavians)

meaning for a pupil

1) adjective: From or to do with Scandinavia — Norway, Sweden and Denmark (often also Finland and Iceland). tree →

2) noun: A person from Scandinavia. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography, Scandinavia is in northern Europe, with fjords, long winter nights and the midnight sun. In history, the Vikings were Scandinavian. In everyday life, «Scandinavian design» (simple, light furniture) and Scandinavian food (meatballs, smoked fish) are well known. Phrases: «Scandinavian countries», «Scandinavian design», «Scandinavian languages».

examples

• Norway, Sweden and Denmark are Scandinavian countries. tree →
• The Vikings came from Scandinavia. tree →
• Our kitchen has a simple Scandinavian style. tree →
• Scandinavian winters are long and dark. tree →
• Swedish, Norwegian and Danish are Scandinavian languages that are quite similar. tree →
• Many Scandinavians speak very good English. tree →
• There are also modern tales by a learned Scandinavian named Topelius. tree →

note

Always a capital S. Trap: strictly, Scandinavia = Norway, Sweden and Denmark; «Nordic countries» adds Finland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Finnish is not a Scandinavian language (it is related to Estonian).

In the corpora

• An old Scandinavian folk story said lemmings fell from the sky in storms, because they appeared so suddenly in boom years.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «scandinavian» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.