Finnmark

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɪn.mɑːk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /fɪn.mɑɹk/

Etymology 1

From Norwegian Finnmark, from Finn (“Finn”) +‎ mark (“land”).

Proper noun

Finnmark

1. A county of Norway.

Translations

county in Norway

• Belarusian: Фінмарк (Finmark)
• Bulgarian: Финмарк (Finmark)
• Danish: Finnmark
• Finnish: Ruija (fi)
• French: Finnmark (fr) m
• Japanese: フィンマルク県 (Finmaruku ken), フィンマルク (Finmaruku)
• Latin: Finmarchia
• Lithuanian: Finmarkas
• Macedonian: Финмарк (Finmark)
• Northern Sami: Finnmárku
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Finnmark (no)

  Nynorsk: Finnmark

• Old Norse: Finnmǫrk
• Russian: Финнмарк (Finnmark)
• Samogitian: Fėnmarks
• Ukrainian: Фіннмарк (Finnmark)

Etymology 2

Noun

Finnmark (plural Finnmarks)

1. (historical) The Finnish markka (currency unit).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnmǫrk (“Finnmark”), first part from finn, finnar (“Sami person”). Last part mǫrk (“forest, woodland, borderland”), from Proto-Germanic *markō (“border, boundary, area”), from Proto-Indo-European *morǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Finnmark

1. Finnmark, a former county in Norway
2. A dialect of the Northern Sami language.

Related terms

• finnmarking

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Finnmork (rare)

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnmǫrk (“land of the Sami”), from finnr, fiðr (“Sami”) + mǫrk (“woodland, forest”). First part from Proto-Germanic *fenþnōz pl (“nomadic people”) or *finnaz.

Not to be confused with Finnemarka, which is a newer name made from finne (“Finn”), a Swedish borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fɪnːmɑrk/

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Proper noun

Finnmark f (definite Finnmarka)

1. Finnmark, a county in Norway
2. A dialect of the Northern Sami language.
3. (rare) Sápmi

Derived terms

• finnmarking
• finnmarksbær
• finnmarkspors