Finland

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈfɪn.lənd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪnlənd

Proper noun

Finland (usually uncountable, plural Finlands)

  1. A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Japanese: フィンランド (Finrando)

Translations

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Afrikaans

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Proper noun

Finland

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

Breton

Proper noun

Finland

  1. Finland

Danish

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Proper noun

Finland

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

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Finland n (adjective Fins or Finlands, demonym Fin m or Finlander m or Finse f or Finlandse f)

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Finland

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

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Proper noun

Finland

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

Derived terms

Swedish

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Etymology

From Old Norse Finnland.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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)

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