scandinavian

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures (synset 302971676)
    "Norse sagas"; "Norse nomads"
    same as: norse
Noun
  1. An inhabitant of Scandinavia (synset 109749546)
    is a type of: european - a native or inhabitant of Europe
    subtypes:
    • 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
    belongs to: scandinavia - a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian
    same as: norse, northman
  2. The northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland (synset 106966471)
    is a type 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
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: nordic, norse, north germanic, north germanic language, scandinavian language

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