Finland

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EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪn.lənd/
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Proper nounEdit

Finland (usually uncountable, plural Finlands)

(geography) A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia. Official name: Republic of Finland.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Finland.

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TranslationsEdit

Nordic country

Abkhaz: Суоми (Suomi)
Afrikaans: Finland
Albanian: Finlanda (sq)
Amharic: ፊንላንድ (finland)
Arabic: فِنْلَنْدَا‎ f (finlandā)
Egyptian Arabic: فينلاندا‎
Armenian: Ֆինլանդիա (hy) (Finlandia)
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)
Bengali: ফিনল্যান্ড (bn) (phinôljanḍ)
Breton: Finland
Bulgarian: Финла́ндия (bg) f (Finlándija)
Burmese: ဖင်လန် (hpanglan)
Buryat: Финлянд (Finljand)
Catalan: Finlàndia (ca) f
Central Kurdish: فینلاند‎ (fînland)
Chechen: Финлянди (Finljandi)
Cherokee: ᏫᏂᎳᏂ (winilani)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 芬蘭, 芬兰 (fan¹ laan⁴)

Mandarin: 芬蘭 (zh), 芬兰 (zh) (Fēnlán)
Chuvash: Финлянди (Finljandi)
Cornish: Fynndir m, Pow Finn m
Crimean Tatar: Finlandiya
Czech: Finsko (cs) n
Danish: Finland (da)
Dhatki: Finland
Dhivehi: ފިންލޭންޑު‎ (fin̊lēn̊ḍu)
Dutch: Finland (nl) n
Dzongkha: ཕིན་ལེནཌ (phin lenḍ)
Erzya: Суоми Мастор (Suomi 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: ફીનલેંડ (phīnleṇḍ)
Haitian Creole: Fenlann
Hausa: Finland, Finlan
Hawaiian: Pinilana
Hebrew: פִינְלַנְד‎ (fínland)
Hindi: फ़िनलैंड (finlaiṇḍ), फिनलैंड (phinlaiṇḍ)
Hungarian: Finnország (hu)
Icelandic: Finnland (is) n
Ido: Finlando (io)
Inari Sami: Suomâ
Indonesian: Finlandia (id)
Ingrian: Soomi
Irish: An Fhionlainn f
Italian: Finlandia (it) f
Japanese: フィンランド (ja) (Finrando)
Kabardian: Финлэнд (Finlănd)
Kannada: ಫಿನ್‍ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ (kn) (phin‍lyāṇḍ)
Karakalpak: Finlyandiya
Karelian: Suomi, Šuomi
Kazakh: Финландия (Fïnlandïya), Финляндия (Fïnlyandïya)
Khmer: ហ្វាំងឡង់ (km) (fanglɑng)
Kildin Sami: Ла̄дтҍ е̄ммьне (Lādtʹ ʹēmmʹnje)
Komi-Permyak: Суоми (Suomi), Финму (Finmu)
Komi-Zyrian: Финляндия (Finljandija)
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)
Latgalian: Suomeja f
Latin: Finnia (la), Fennia, Finlandia
Latvian: Somija (lv) f
Ligurian: Finlandia f
Limburgish: Finland (li) n
Lingala: Finilanda
Lithuanian: Suomija (lt) f
Livonian: Sūomõmō
Livvi: Suomi, Ruočči
Lombard: Finlandia 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
Malayalam: ഫിൻലാന്റ് (phinlānṟŭ), ഫിന്‍ലാന്‍ഡ് (phin‍lān‍ḍŭ)
Maltese: il-Finlandja
Mansi: please add this translation if you can
Manx: Finnlynn
Maori: Whinirana

Marathi: फिनलंड (phinlaṇḍa)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: Суоми (Suomi)
Meru: Finland
Mingrelian: ფინეთი (pineti)
Moksha: Суоми мастор (Suomi mastor)
Mongolian: Финлянд (Finlyand), Финланд (Finland)
Nahuatl: Fintlālpan
Nauruan: Pinrand
Navajo: Nahoditsʼǫʼłání Dineʼé Bikéyah
Nepali: फिनल्याण्ड (phinalyāṇḍa)
Newar: फिनल्यान्ड (phinalyānḍa)
Norman: Fînlande f
North Frisian: Finlönj n
Northern Sami: Suopma
Norwegian: Finland (no)
Occitan: Finlàndia (oc) f
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Соумь f (Sumĭ)
Old East Slavic: Сумь f (Sumĭ)
Old Norse: Finnland n
Oriya: ଫିନଲ୍ଯାଣ୍ଡ (phinôljaṇḍô)
Papiamentu: Finlandia
Pashto: فېنلانډ‎ (finlānd)
Persian: فنلاند‎ (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: ਫਿਨਲੈਂਡ (phinlaiṇḍ)
Quechua: Phinsuyu
Romani:
Vlax Romani: Finland
Romanian: Finlanda (ro) f
Romansch: Finlanda f
Russian: Финля́ндия (ru) f (Finljándija), (rare) Суо́ми (ru) f (Suómi)
Rusyn: Фі́ньско n (Fínʹsko)
Samoan: Finalagi
Samogitian: Soumėjė 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: Finlandia f
Silesian: Finlandyjo n
Sindhi: فن لينڊ‎
Sinhalese: ෆින්ලන්තය (finlantaya)
Skolt Sami: Lääʹddjânnam
Slovak: Fínsko (sk) n
Slovene: Fínska (sl) f
Somali: Finland
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Finska f
Sotho: Finland
Southern Sami: Såevmie
Spanish: Finlandia (es) f
Sranan Tongo: Finland
Swahili: Ufini (sw)
Swazi: IFini
Swedish: Finland (sv)
Tagalog: Pinlandiya, Pinlandya
Tajik: Финланд (tg) (Finland)
Tamil: பின்லாந்து (piṉlāntu)
Tatar: Финландия (Finlandiya)
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 (Finljandija)
Ukrainian: Фінля́ндія (uk) f (Finljándija)
Urdu: فنلینڈ‎ (finlainḍ)
Uyghur: فىنلاندىيە‎ (finlandiye)
Uzbek: Finlandiya (uz)
Venetian: Finlandia f
Veps: Suomenma
Vietnamese: Phần Lan (芬蘭)
Volapük: Suomiyän (vo)
Votic: Soomi
Võro: Soomõ
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 (Finlyandiya)
Yiddish: פֿינלאַנד‎ n (finland)
Yoruba: Fínlándì
Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Finlanda
Zealandic: Finland n
Zhuang: Fwnhlanz

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Alternative formsEdit

Finlandt (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

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.