scandinavia
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The peninsula in northern Europe occupied by Norway and Sweden (synset 108778689)
is an instance of: peninsula - a large mass of land projecting into a body of wateris a part of: europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Islessame as: scandinavian peninsula
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A group of culturally related countries in northern Europe;
Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian (synset 108778343)domain member region:- smorgasbord - an assortment of foods starting with herring or smoked eel or salmon etc with bread and butter; then cheeses and eggs and pickled vegetables and aspics; finally hot foods; served as a buffet meal
- lutefisk, lutfisk - dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency
- troll - (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
is an instance of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earthmember holonym:- danmark, denmark, kingdom of denmark - a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
- kingdom of norway, noreg, norge, norway - a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905
- kingdom of sweden, sverige, sweden - a Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula
- norse, northman, scandinavian - an inhabitant of Scandinavia
is a part of: europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
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