The origin of the word is not entirely clear but people generally favor the idea that it means the island of darkness or fog island. Reasoning: The Norwegian word skodde means fog and avia means island in Norwegian. On old maps, Scandinavia is often shown as an island, and as people's knowledge of world geography was then quite limited, then this interpretation is likely correct.
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Avia is not 'island' in Nordic languages, the right word is ø or øy, for which there is no modern English equivalent. The German letter ö is roughly the same.
Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland
Lapland.
Because it is surrounded by the Scandinavian countries of Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
Quite the opposite; Scandinavian countries are the most northern.
The five Scandinavian countries are Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland.
Denmark is the smallest of the Scandinavian countries in terms of land area and population.
Norway is a Scandinavian country.
Scandinavian countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden.I am putting the definition of Nordic countries here because many people confuse the Scandinavian countries and the Nordic countries.Nordic countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland.
schengen visa is required for travelling to Scandinavian countries ...
In most Scandinavian countries Lutheranism is dominant.
There are ONLY 3 Scandinavian countries: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. If you add Finland and Iceland you get the Nordic countries!
Sweden is the largest Scandinavian country