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The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. ' the North ') [2] are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic.It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway [a] and Sweden; the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the autonomous region of Åland.
Geographical renaming is the changing of the name of a geographical feature or area, which ranges from the change of a street name to a change to the name of a country. Places are also sometimes assigned dual names for various reasons.
Where an adjective is a link, the link is to the language or dialect of the same name. (Reference: Ethnologue, Languages of the World ) Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms refer also to various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words.
5 regions (Danish: regioner) 98 municipalities (Danish: kommuner) 2 autonomous insular overseas dependencies. Faroe Islands. 6 regions; 30 municipalities; Greenland. 5 municipalities; 1 unincorporated national park
DACH: [10] Majority German-speaking states of Central Europe (excludes the Principality of Liechtenstein). Utilises the German name of Germany and the Latin names of Austria and Switzerland. Germany (Deutschland), Austria (Austria) and Switzerland (Confoederatio Helvetica), with Dach meaning "roof" in German.
A composed satellite photograph of islands and continental areas in and surrounding the North Sea and Baltic Sea.. The northern region of Europe has several definitions. A restrictive definition may describe northern Europe as being roughly north of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, which is about 54°N, or may be based on other geographical factors such as climate and ecology.
In Modern English, the name of Sweden (Swedish: Sverige [ˈsvæ̌rjɛ] ⓘ) is derived from 17th century Middle Dutch and Middle Low German. In Old English , the country was named Swēoland (literally "Swede land") and Swēorīċe (literally "Swede kingdom"); the latter is cognate with Old Norse Svíaríki .
Partitioned States: When a country is or was divided, the name of the whole is often used to refer to one of the parts, sometimes causing resentment in the other part. The name of the whole is usually used to refer to the larger part, such as 'Korea' for South Korea, and 'Germany' for the former West Germany.