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The origin of the name is obscure. One rendering of Scandinavia into Latin was "Codanovia", with old Latin tending to lose initial s before another consonant (as in
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in Pomponius Mela). It is commonly identified with the Baltic Sea, which is otherwise rendered in Latin as
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Scania
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