Finland

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪn.lənd/

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪnlənd

Proper noun

Finland (usually uncountable, plural Finlands)

2. A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.
   • 2017 March 2, Eliza Mackintosh, “No more excuses on resettling refugees, European Commission warns”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     And so far just two member states, Malta and Finland, are on track to meet their resettling obligations.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Finland.

Derived terms

• Finland Proper
• Gulf of Finland
• Karelo-Finland

Related terms

• Finn
• Finnish
• Suomi

Descendants

• → Japanese: フィンランド (Finrando)

Translations

Nordic country

• Abkhaz: Суоми (Swomi)
• Afrikaans: Finland
• Albanian: Finlandë f, Finlanda (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ፊንላንድ (finland)
• Arabic: فِنْلَنْدَا f (finlandā), فِنْلَنْدَة 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)
• Dhivehi: ފިންލޭންޑު (fin̊lēn̊ḍu)
• Dutch: Finland (nl) n
• Dzongkha: ཕིན་ལེནཌ (phin lenḍ)
• Erzya: Суоми мастор (Suomi mastor), Финнэнь мастор (Finnëń 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’ jēmm’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 (phinaljāṇḍa)
• 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 (fanlānd), فِنْلَنْد (finland)

  Iranian Persian: فَنْلانْد (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)

• Qashqai: فینلاند
• 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)
• Venetan: 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) (fnlenḍ)
• Wolof: Finlaand
• Wutunhua: fenlan
• Yakut: Финляндия (Finlandiya)
• Yiddish: פֿינלאַנד n (finland)
• Yoruba: Fínlándì
• Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Finlanda
• Zealandic: Finland n
• Zhuang: Fwnhlanz

See also

countries in Europe (appendix)edit

• Albania
• Andorra
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic, Czechia
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Georgia
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Kazakhstan
• Kosovo
• 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

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Finland

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

Related terms

• Fin
• Fins

Breton

Proper noun

Finland

1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

Danish

Proper noun

Finland

1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

Related terms

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

See also

countries in Europe: Europas lande (appendix)edit

• Albanien
• Andorra
• Armenien
• Aserbajdsjan
• Belarus
• Belgien
• Bosnien-Hercegovina
• Bulgarien
• Cypern
• Danmark
• Estland
• Finland
• Forenede Kongerige
• Frankrig
• Georgien
• Grækenland
• Irland
• Island
• Italien
• Kasakhstan
• Kosovo
• Kroatien
• Letland
• Liechtenstein
• Litauen
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Nederlandene
• Nordmakedonien
• Norge
• Polen
• Portugal
• Rumænien
• Rusland
• San Marino
• Schweiz
• Serbien
• Slovakiet
• Slovenien
• Spanien
• Sverige
• Tjekkiet
• Tyskland
• Ukraine
• Ungarn
• Vatikanstaten
• Østrig

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Finlandt (obsolete)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪn.lɑnt/

• Audio (Netherlands):

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• Hyphenation: Fin‧land
• Rhymes: -ɪnlɑnt

Proper noun

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

1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

See also

countries in Europe: landen van Europa (appendix)edit

• Albanië
• Andorra
• Armenië
• Azerbeidzjan
• Belarus
• België
• Bosnië en Herzegovina
• Bulgarije
• Cyprus
• Denemarken
• Duitsland
• Estland
• Finland
• Frankrijk
• Georgië
• Griekenland
• Hongarije
• Ierland
• IJsland
• Italië
• Kazachstan
• Kosovo
• Kroatië
• Letland
• Liechtenstein
• Litouwen
• Luxemburg
• Malta
• Moldavië
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Nederland
• Noord-Macedonië
• Noorwegen
• Oekraïne
• Oostenrijk
• Polen
• Portugal
• Roemenië
• Rusland
• San Marino
• Servië
• Slovenië
• Slowakije
• Spanje
• Tsjechië
• Turkije
• Vaticaanstad
• Verenigd Koninkrijk
• Wit-Rusland
• Zweden
• Zwitserland

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪnlɑn/

Proper noun

Finland

1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

Derived terms

• finlandshette

Related terms

• finlender, finlending, finne
• finlandsk, finsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Finland

1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

Derived terms

• finlandshette

Related terms

• finlendar, finlending, finne
• finlandsk, finsk

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnland.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Central Sweden):

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Proper noun

Finland n (genitive Finlands)

1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe; official name: Republiken Finland)
2. (historical) Finland (one of the four regions of Sweden, together with Götaland, Svealand and Norrland)

Derived terms

• finlandssvensk
• finländare
• finländsk

Related terms

• finne
• finsk

References

• Finland in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH