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Fennoscandia Geol.|fɛnəʊˈskændɪə|
Also Fenno-Scandia, Fennoskandia.
[ad. G. fennoskandisch adj. (W. Ramsay 1904, in Fennia XXI. vii. 44), f. L. Fenn-i the Finns + -o: see Scandian a.]
An ancient land mass in north-western Europe comprising most of Scandinavia and Finland and parts of the Soviet Union west of the White Sea. Also in extended use, Scandinavia and Finland as a political unit. Hence Fennoˈscandian, ˌFennoscandiˈnavian adjs.
1907tr. J. J. Sederholm in Bull. Commission Géol. de Finlande V. xxiii. 91 The earnest discussion among Fenno-Scandian geologists,..concerning the origin of the gneissose rocks. Ibid. 92 Pre-Cambrian sedimentary formations have been traced through the whole eastern part of Fenno-Scandia. 1910Encycl. Brit. XII. 59/2 Fennoscandia (the name for Scandinavia with Finland as a single geological region). 1944Proc. Geol. Assoc. LV. 61 (heading) The Fennoskandian contributions. 1956L. U. de Sitter Struct. Geol. xxv. 367 Pre-Cambrian rocks of Fennoskandia and Greenland. 1962E. W Spencer Basic Concepts Physical Geol. xii. 212 In such areas as the Canadian Shield and the Fennoscandinavian Shield the surface is rising at measurable rates. 1966Times 3 Feb. 13/2 President Kekkonen's proposals for a neutral ‘Fenno-Scandia’, to include not only Finland and Sweden but also Norway and perhaps Denmark if they were prepared to leave Nato. |