Finland
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Ultimately, from Old Norse Finnland. Compare Old English Finna land (“Lapland”, literally “land of the Sami”).
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Finland (usually uncountable, plural Finlands)
- 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.
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Nordic country
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See also edit
- (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
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Finland
- Finland (a country in Northern Europe; capital: Helsinki)
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Finland
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Finland
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- Finlandt (obsolete)
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈfɪn.lɑnt/
Audio (Netherlands): (file) - Hyphenation: Fin‧land
- Rhymes: -ɪnlɑnt
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Finland n (adjective Fins or Finlands, demonym Fin m or Finlander m or Finse f or Finlandse f)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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Finland
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Finland
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Swedish edit
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- (Central Sweden) IPA(key): /ˈfɪnˌland/, [ˈfɪnːˌl̪and]
- (Finland) IPA(key): /ˈfinlɑnd/
Audio (Central Sweden): (file)
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Finland n (genitive Finlands)
- Finland (a country in Europe).
- Synonym: Republiken Finland
- (historical) Finland (one of the four regions of Sweden, together with Götaland, Svealand and Norrland)
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