Scandinavia

nouns

the peninsula in northern Europe occupied by Norway and Sweden

is derived from

a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian

Scandinavia

is derived from

is a part of

the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles

is an instance of (narrower)

a demarcated area of the Earth