Finland
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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)
- (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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Nordic country
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See alsoEdit
- (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, 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
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Finland
DutchEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈfɪn.lɑnt/
- (Netherlands)
audio (file) - Hyphenation: Fin‧land
- Rhymes: -ɪnlɑnt
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Finland n
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Norwegian BokmålEdit
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Finland
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Finland
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SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Central Sweden) IPA(key): /ˈfɪnˌland/, [ˈfɪnːˌl̪and]
- (Finland) IPA(key): /ˈfinlɑnd/
- (Central Sweden)
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Finland n (genitive Finlands)
- Finland, historically one of the four "lands" of Sweden, together with Götaland, Svealand and Norrland