Finland

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

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪn.lənd/

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• Rhymes: -ɪnlənd

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.

• Finn
• Finnish
• Suomi

• → Japanese: フィンランド (Finrando)

Finland

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

• Fin
• Fins

Finland

1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

Finland

1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

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

• Finlandt (obsolete)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪn.lɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: Fin‧land
• Rhymes: -ɪnlɑnt

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)

• IPA^(key): /fɪnlɑn/

Finland

1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

• finlandshette

• finlender, finlending, finne
• finlandsk, finsk

Finland

1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

• finlandshette

• finlendar, finlending, finne
• finlandsk, finsk

From Old Norse Finnland.

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

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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)

• finlandssvensk
• finländare
• finländsk

• finne
• finsk

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