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Geographic Places (GP) Terminology Resource (Getty Research Institute)

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Preferred term

Scandinavia  

Synonym(s)

  • Nordic countries (Scandinavia)
  • Scandia
  • Scandza

Scope note

  • generally, Sweden, Norway, Denmark; geographically, the peninsula (Norway, Sweden and a small section of Finland); linguistically, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Faeroese; Norden (q.v.) is the standard term for the Nordic region in the Scandinavian languages

Notation

  • 15641

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/45G-F1B5N9BG-C

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