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  • noun Plural form of Scandinavian.

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Examples

  • Darkersideofbridgetjones's suggestion to look sideways at the methods of the Scandinavians is a good one; why not look backwards too at the methods of one of the most civilised countries to ever have existed ...

    Pentonville ..The Liberal Folly Newmania 2007

  • In the text, he sometimes calls the Scandinavians by their particular tribal name, and sometimes he calls them “Varangians” as a generic term.

    Eaters Of The Dead Crichton, Michael, 1942- 1976

  • But the Dutch and the Scandinavians are angry at what they see as the Franco-German stitch-up, as is the European commission president José Manuel Barroso.

    Angela Merkel struggles to win support for EU bailout rules at Brussels summit Nicholas Watt 2010

  • 'I believe this report is a travesty of justice,' he said, calling the Scandinavians 'arrogant and in contempt of what we are trying to do.'

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • 'I believe this report is a travesty of justice,' he said, calling the Scandinavians 'arrogant and in contempt of what we are trying to do.'

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • It is indeed asserted that the worship of Odin came from the South; this, however is contradicted by the fact that his greatest temple stood in Upsala, and that the Scandinavians were the chief worshippers of this god.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • The Scandinavians were a branch of the great German family.

    Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology James Freeman Clarke 1849

  • Normans, at first called Scandinavians, 23. early power and discoveries of, 23. superior civilization of the, 26.

    The Empire of Russia 1841

  • It is that of the northern nations, called Scandinavians, who inhabited the countries now known as Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland.

    The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831

  • It is that of the northern nations, called Scandinavians, who inhabited the countries now known as Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland.

    The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831

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