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Scandian, a.|ˈskændɪən|
[f. L. Scandia (app. a synonym of Scandinavia) + -an.]
= Scandinavian; subst. an inhabitant of Scandinavia.
1668Wilkins Real Char. i. i. §3. 3 The Danish, Scandian, or perhaps the Gothic [dialect], to which belongs the Language used in Denmark, Norway, Swedeland, and Island. 1708Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. I. iii. iii. (1743) 162 Norway, inhabited by the Progeny of the old Scandians. 1887Skeat Princ. Engl. Etymol. 454 The only objection to the title ‘Scandinavian’ is its length, on which account I shall take the liberty to shorten it to ‘Scandian’. |