Example sentences for: scandinavia

How can you use “scandinavia” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In the early tenth century Viking raiding parties from Scandinavia began skirmishing with the Celtic tribes along the coast.

  • While gardeners today make the distinction between heath and heather plants, these words are said to derive by separate paths from some ancient word for wasteland; heath via the Anglo-Saxon, and heather via Norse hadder . In Scandinavia, the plant itself is called lyng or ling , which is a common name in Yorkshire and northern England generally for what the Scots and Irish call heather . Ling is used as a name in parts of Scotland too, but this includes the rough grasses as well as the heathers that grow on the wasterland.

  • In the 20 th century, castration has been practiced in the Netherlands, Germany, Estonia, Iceland, Switzerland, and Scandinavia for rape, pedophilia, and homosexuality.

  • Here are some of the few Japanese who enjoy uncrowded cities, unspoiled wilderness, and a simpler existence in a climate and landscape comparable to Scandinavia: snowcapped mountains and pine forest, with a subarctic climate in the northernmost area.

  • It is true also in Scandinavia where the money name is crown: krona (Sweden, Iceland), krone (Norway, Denmark).


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