Nordic
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Nordic means "northerly" or "northern" and usually refers to a region of Northern Europe called the Nordic countries. However there are several other related meanings:
- Scandinavian or Germanic (Teutonic).[1]
- of or relating to the family of North Germanic languages.[2]
- referring to people of early European tribes that were of Scandinavian descent and co-existed in parts of Northern Europe during the age of the Roman Empire.
- "a physical type characterized by tall stature, long head, light skin and hair, and blue eyes."[3]
Associated or derived terms include:
- Nordic aliens (or Nords)
- Nordic Bronze Age
- Nordic Council / Nordic Council of Ministers
- Nordic Cross Flag
- Nordic combined
- Nordic gold
- Nordic languages
- Nordic League (a British far right organization)
- Nordic Optical Telescope
- Nordic race or Norsemen
- Nordic skiing
- Nordic theory, or Nordicism (the belief that Northern Europeans constitute a "master race")
- Nordic walking
- Nordic Agrarian parties
- Risto Hieta ("Nordic the Incurable")
- The Norwegian Sea, the Greenland Sea and the Icelandic Sea are sometimes collectively referred to as the Nordic Seas.
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[edit] References
- ^ adj. 2 from Wordnet 2.0; adj. 1 from New Century Dictionary. (1963). New York:Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. LOC No. 62-20970
- ^ adj. 1 from Wordnet 2.0
- ^ adj. 2 from Webster's 7th dictionary
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