scandinavia
English Thesaurus
1. a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian (noun.location)
part meronym | : | europe, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.object) |
member holonym | : | danmark, denmark, kingdom of denmark, |
definition | : | a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | kingdom of norway, noreg, norge, norway, |
definition | : | a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905 (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | kingdom of sweden, sverige, sweden, |
definition | : | a Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula (noun.location) |
domain member region | : | smorgasbord, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.food) |
domain member region | : | lutefisk, lutfisk, |
definition | : | dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency (noun.food) |
domain member region | : | troll, |
definition | : | (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains (noun.person) |
2. the peninsula in northern Europe occupied by Norway and Sweden (noun.location)
instance hypernym | : | peninsula, |
definition | : | a large mass of land projecting into a body of water (noun.object) |
part meronym | : | europe, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.object) |
3. a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian (noun.location)
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