Finland

Ultimately, from Old Norse Finnland. Compare Old English Finna land (“Lapland”, literally “land of the Sami”).

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪn.lənd/

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• Rhymes: -ɪnlənd

Finland (usually uncountable, plural Finlands)

1. A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Finland.

• Finn
• Finnish
• Suomi

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Finland

1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe; capital: Helsinki)

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Finland

1. Finland

Finland

1. Finland (A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe)

• finne c ("Finn")
• finsk (adjective) ("Finnish")

• Finlandt (obsolete)

Borrowed and first attested in the 16th century Dutch translation of Olaus Magnus Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus by Cornelius Grapheus, but whether it was borrowed from Latin or a Germanic translation, e.g. Swedish, Low German or High German, is uncertain.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪn.lɑnt/
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• Hyphenation: Fin‧land
• Rhymes: -ɪnlɑnt

Finland n

1. Finland (A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe)

• Finlander
• Finlands

• IPA^(key): /fɪnlɑn/

Finland

1. Finland (A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe)

• finlandshette

• finlender, finlending, finne
• finlandsk, finsk

Finland

1. Finland (A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe)

• finlandshette

• finlendar, finlending, finne
• finlandsk, finsk

From Old Norse Finnland.

• (Central Sweden) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪnˌland/, [ˈfɪnːˌl̪and]
• (Finland) IPA^(key): /ˈfinlɑnd/
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Finland n (genitive Finlands)

1. Finland (a country in Europe).

   Synonym: Republiken Finland

2. (historical) Finland (one of the four regions of Sweden, together with Götaland, Svealand and Norrland)

• finlandssvensk
• finländare
• finländsk

• finne
• finsk