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Scandia (disambiguation)
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Scandia
is an early name used for the Scandinavian Peninsula
by the first cartographers charting northern Europe
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Scandia may refer to:
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Scandia
Scandia was a name used for various uncharted islands in Northern Europe by the first Greek and Roman geographers. The name originated in Greek sources, where it had been used for a long time for different islands in the Mediterranean region...
is an early name used for the Scandinavian Peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula
The Scandinavian Peninsula is a peninsula in Northern Europe, which today covers Norway, Sweden, and most of northern Finland. Prior to the 17th and 18th centuries, large parts of the southern peninsula—including the core region of Scania from which the peninsula takes its name—were part of...
by the first cartographers charting northern Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
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Scandia may refer to:
Places
- Scandia, Alberta, a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada
- Scandia Eastern Irrigation District MuseumScandia Eastern Irrigation District MuseumThe Scandia Eastern Irrigation District Museum is an open-air museum in Southern Alberta, Canada. The museum includes a historic 1925 Alberta Wheat Pool grain elevator, Bow Slope Stockyard, and displays of how irrigation has affected the prosperity of the area...
, museum depicting agricultural and irrigationIrrigationIrrigation may be defined as the science of artificial application of water to the land or soil. It is used to assist in the growing of agricultural crops, maintenance of landscapes, and revegetation of disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of inadequate rainfall...
history in Eastern AlbertaSouthern AlbertaSouthern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of the year 2004, the region's population was approximately 272,017. The primary cities are Lethbridge and Medicine Hat...
. - Scandia, KansasScandia, KansasScandia is a city in Republic County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 372.-History:The first American flag to be flown in what is now Kansas was raised near Scandia in 1806. It wasn't settled until 1868 by Swedes fleeing a famine in their native country, and...
, a city in the United States - Scandia, Minnesota, a city in the United States
- Scandia Township, Polk County, Minnesota, a township in the United States
- Scandia Trail, Minnesota State Highway 97Minnesota State Highway 97Minnesota State Highway 97 is a highway in Minnesota, which runs from its junction with Interstate 35 and Anoka County Road 23 in Columbus, near Forest Lake, and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 95 in Scandia, near Marine on St...
- Scandia Valley Township, Morrison County, Minnesota, a township in the United States
- Scandia, Solano County, CaliforniaScandia, Solano County, CaliforniaScandia is an area of Solano County, California. It means “Little Norway,” and refers to the Scandinavian pioneers who settled the area southeast of present-day Fairfield, California.-History:...
Science
- An alternate name for Scandium oxide
- Scandia (plant), a plant belonging to the family Apiaceae (Apiaceae genera)
- Scandia Tholi, a mountain on Mars (a classical albedo feature)
Media
- Scandia (journal)Scandia (journal)Scandia: tidskrift för historisk forskning is an academic journal for history which has been published since 1928, when it was established by the Swedish historian Lauritz Weibull...
, a Scandinavian history periodical
Business
- ABB Scandia, a locomotive builder from Denmark
- Saab 90 Scandia, a 1940s Swedish airliner
- Team ScandiaTeam ScandiaTeam Scandia was a team in the Indy Racing League owned by Andrew L. Evans that fielded a record 7 cars in the 1996 Indianapolis 500. Evans bought the team from Dick Simon during the 1996 season and Simon was listed as the owners of some of Scandia's cars in the 1996 "500"...
, a defunct Indy Racing League team