Finland

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈfɪn.lənd/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪnlənd

Proper noun[edit]

Finland (usually uncountable, plural Finlands)

  1. A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.

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Afrikaans[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Finland

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

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Breton[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Finland

  1. Finland

Danish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Finland

  1. Finland (A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe)

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Dutch[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

  1. Finland (A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe)

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Finland

  1. Finland (A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun[edit]

Finland

  1. Finland (A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe)

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse Finnland.

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Finland n (genitive Finlands)

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

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