Etymology
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Ultimately, from Old Norse Finnland. Compare Old English Finna land (“Lapland”, literally “land of the Sami”).
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Proper noun
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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.
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Nordic country
- Abkhaz: Суоми (Swomi)
- Afrikaans: Finland
- Albanian: Finlandë f, Finlanda (sq) f (definite)
- Amharic: ፊንላንድ (finland)
- Arabic: فِنْلَنْدَا f (finlandā)
- Egyptian Arabic: فينلاندا
- Armenian: Ֆինլանդիա (hy) (Finlandia)
- Assamese: ফিনলেণ্ড (phinlend)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܝܼܢܠܵܢܕܵܐ f (Pīnlanda)
- Asturian: Finlandia (ast) f
- Azerbaijani: Finlandiya (az)
- Bashkir: Финляндия (Finlyandiya)
- Basque: Finlandia (eu)
- Bavarian: Finnlånd
- Belarusian: Фінля́ндыя f (Finljándyja), Суóмі f (Suómi) (rare or poetic)
- Bengali: ফিনল্যান্ড (bn) (phinlênḍ)
- Breton: Finland
- Bulgarian: Финла́ндия (bg) f (Finlándija)
- Burmese: ဖင်လန် (hpanglan)
- Buryat: Финлянд (Finljand)
- Carpathian Rusyn: Фі́ньско n (Fínʹsko)
- Catalan: Finlàndia (ca) f
- Central Kurdish: فینلاند (fînland)
- Chechen: Финлянди (Finljandi)
- Cherokee: ᏫᏂᎳᏂ (winilani)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 芬蘭／芬兰 (fan1 laan4)
- Eastern Min: 芬蘭／芬兰 (Hŭng-làng)
- Hokkien: 芬蘭／芬兰 (Hun-lân)
- Mandarin: 芬蘭／芬兰 (zh) (Fēnlán)
- Wu: 芬蘭／芬兰 (1fen-le)
- Chuvash: Финлянди (Finljandi), Финлянди (Finljandi)
- Cornish: Fynndir m, Pow Finn m
- Crimean Tatar: Finlandiya
- Czech: Finsko (cs) n
- Danish: Finland (da) n
- Dhatki: Finland
- Dhivehi: ފިންލޭންޑު (fin̊lēn̊ḍu)
- Dutch: Finland (nl) n
- Dzongkha: ཕིན་ལེནཌ (phin lenḍ)
- Erzya: Суоми мастор (Suomi mastor), Финнэнь мастор (Finneń mastor)
- Esperanto: Finlando (eo), Finnlando (eo), Suomio
- Estonian: Soome (et)
- Farefare: Fɩŋɔ
- Faroese: Finnland n
- Finnish: Suomi (fi)
- French: Finlande (fr) f
- Galician: Finlandia (gl) f
- Georgian: ფინეთი (ka) (pineti)
- German: Finnland (de) n
- Greek: Φινλανδία (el) f (Finlandía)
- Greenlandic: Finlandi (kl)
- Gujarati: ફિનલંડ n (phinlaṇḍ)
- Haitian Creole: Fenlann
- Hausa: Finland, Finlan
- Hawaiian: Pinilana
- Hebrew: פִינְלַנְד f (fínland)
- Hindi: फ़िनलैंड m (finlaiṇḍ), फिनलैंड m (phinlaiṇḍ)
- Hungarian: Finnország (hu)
- Icelandic: Finnland (is) n
- Ido: Finlando (io)
- Inari Sami: Suomâ
- Indonesian: Finlandia (id)
- Ingrian: Soomi, Suomi
- Irish: An Fhionlainn (ga) f
- Italian: Finlandia (it) f
- Japanese: フィンランド (ja) (Finrando)
- Kabardian: Финлэнд (Finlɛnd)
- Kannada: ಫಿನ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ (kn) (phinlyāṇḍ)
- Karakalpak: Finlyandiya
- Karelian: Suomi, Šuomi
- Kashubian: Fińskô f
- Kazakh: Финландия (Finlandiä), Финляндия (kk) (Finländiä)
- Khmer: ហ្វាំងឡង់ (km) (fanglɑng)
- Kildin Sami: Ла̄дтҍ е̄ммьне (Lādt’ ’ēmm’nje)
- Komi-Permyak: Суоми (Suomi), Финму (Finmu)
- Komi-Zyrian: Финляндия (Finľanďija)
- Kongo: Finlandi
- Korean: 핀란드 (ko) (Pillandeu)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: Fînland
- Kyrgyz: Финляндия (ky) (Finlyandiya)
- Ladino:
- Hebrew: פינלנדיה f
- Latin: Finlandia f
- Lao: ແຟັງລັງ (lo) (fæng lang), ແຟງລັງ (fǣng lang)
- Latgalian: Suomeja f
- Latin: Finnia (la) f (New Latin), Fennia f (New Latin), Finlandia f (New Latin)
- Latvian: Somija (lv) f
- Ligurian: Finlandia f
- Limburgish: Finland (li) n
- Lingala: Finilanda
- Lithuanian: Suomija (lt) f
- Livonian: Sūomõmō
- Livvi: Suomi, Ruočči
- Lombard: Finlandia (lmo) f
- Low German:
- Dutch Low Saxon: Finlaand (nds) n
- German Low German: Finnland (nds) n
- Luganda: Finilandi
- Luhya: Finlandi
- Lule Sami: Suobma
- Luo: Finland
- Luxembourgish: Finnland (lb)
- Macedonian: Финска (mk) f (Finska)
- Malagasy: Finlandy
- Malay: Finland (ms)
- Malayalam: ഫിൻലാന്റ് (phiṉlānṟŭ), ഫിൻലാൻഡ് (phiṉlāṉḍŭ)
- Maltese: il-Finlandja f
- Manx: Finnlynn
- Maori: Whinirana
- Marathi: फिनलंड (phinlaṇḍa)
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari: Суоми (Suomi), Суоми (Suomi), Финляндий (Finĺandij)
- Meru: Finland
- Mingrelian: ფინეთი (pineti)
- Moksha: Суоми мастор (Suomi mastor)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: Финлянд (Finljand), Финланд (Finland)
- Mongolian: ᠹᠢᠨ᠋ᠯᠠᠨ᠋ᠳ᠋ (finland)
- Nahuatl: Fintlālpan
- Nauruan: Pinrand
- Navajo: Nahoditsʼǫʼłání Dineʼé Bikéyah
- Nepali: फिनल्याण्ड (phinalyāṇḍa)
- Newar: फिनल्यान्ड (phinalyānḍa)
- Norman: Fînlande f
- North Frisian: Finlönj n
- Northern Mansi: please add this translation if you can
- Northern Sami: Suopma
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Finland (no) n
- Nynorsk: Finland (nn) n
- Occitan: Finlàndia (oc) f
- Odia: ଫିନଲ୍ଯାଣ୍ଡ (phinôljaṇḍô)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: Соумь f (Sumĭ) (modern)
- Old East Slavic: Сумь f (Sumĭ)
- Old Norse: Finnland n
- Papiamentu: Finlandia
- Pashto: فېنلانډ m (finlānd)
- Persian:
- Dari: فَنْلَانْد (fa) (fanlānd), فِنْلَنْد (finland)
- Iranian Persian: فَنْلانْد (fa) (fanlând)
- Piedmontese: Finlandia f
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Finland
- Pite Sami: Suobma
- Polish: Finlandia (pl) f
- Pontic Greek: Φινλανδία f (Finlandía)
- Portuguese: Finlândia (pt) f
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਫਿਨਲੈਂਡ m (phinlaiṇḍ)
- Quechua: Phinsuyu
- Romani:
- Vlax Romani: Finland
- Romanian: Finlanda (ro) f
- Romansch: Finlanda f
- Russian: Финля́ндия (ru) f (Finljándija), Суо́ми (ru) f (Suómi) (rare or poetic)
- Samoan: Finalagi, Finelani
- Samogitian: Suomėjė f
- Sanskrit: फिन्लैंड (phinlaiṃḍa)
- Sardinian: Finlandia f
- Saterland Frisian: Finlound n
- Scots: Finland
- Scottish Gaelic: an Fhionnlainn f, Suòmaidh f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Фи̑нска̄ f
- Roman: Fȋnskā (sh) f
- Sicilian: Fillannia f
- Silesian: Finlandyjo f
- Sindhi: فن لينڊ
- Sinhalese: ෆින්ලන්තය (si) (finlantaya)
- Skolt Sami: Lääʹddjânnam
- Slovak: Fínsko (sk) n
- Slovene: Fínska (sl) f
- Somali: Finland
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: Finska f
- Upper Sorbian: Finska (hsb) f
- Sotho: Finland
- Southern Sami: Såevmie
- Spanish: Finlandia (es) f
- Sranan Tongo: Finland
- Swahili: Ufini (sw)
- Swazi: IFini
- Swedish: Finland (sv) n
- Tagalog: Pinlandiya, Pinlandya
- Tajik: Финланд (tg) (Finland), Финландия (Finlandiya)
- Tamil: பின்லாந்து (piṉlāntu)
- Tatar: Финландия (Finlandiyä)
- Telugu: ఫిన్లాండ్ (phinlāṇḍ)
- Tetum: Finlándia
- Thai: ฟินแลนด์ (th) (fin-lɛɛn)
- Tibetan: ཧྥིན་ལན (hphin lan)
- Tigrinya: ፊንላንድ (finland)
- Tok Pisin: Pinlan
- Turkish: Finlandiya (tr)
- Turkmen: Finlýandiýa (tk)
- Udmurt: Финляндия (Finľanďija)
- Ukrainian: Фінля́ндія (uk) f (Finljándija), Суóмі f (Suómi) (rare or poetic)
- Urdu: فِن لَینْڈ m (fin lainḍ)
- Uyghur: فىنلاندىيە (finlandiye)
- Uzbek: Finlandiya (uz)
- Venetian: Finlandia f
- Veps: Suomenma
- Vietnamese: Phần Lan (vi) (芬蘭)
- Volapük: Suomiyän (vo)
- Võro: Soomõ
- Votic: Soomi
- Walloon: Finlande (wa) f
- Waray-Waray: Finlandya
- Welsh: y Ffindir (cy) m
- West Flemish: (please verify) Finland
- West Frisian: Finlân (fy)
- Western Panjabi: فنلینڈ (pnb)
- Wolof: Finlaand
- Wutunhua: fenlan
- Yakut: Финляндия (Finlandiya)
- Yiddish: פֿינלאַנד n (finland)
- Yoruba: Fínlándì
- Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Finlanda
- Zealandic: Finland n
- Zhuang: Fwnhlanz
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- (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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Etymology
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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.
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Finland n
- Finland (A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe)
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