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Finland

  • /ˈfɪn.lənd/ UK, US

Rhymes with -ɪnlənd

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Finlands

  1. uncountable, usually A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland. Capital: Helsinki. Over the following decades, the EEC became the European Union, and expanded from the original six nations to today’s 27 members, from Finland in the north to Malta in the south.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: suomi, sweden, estonia, slovenia, france, netherlands, poland, italy, belgium, spain, denmark, finnish, finn, greece, portugal, germany

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name Nordic country

EspañolFinlandia
한국어핀란드 Pillandeu
日本語フィンランド Finrando
中文芬蘭 /芬兰 Fēnlán
हिन्दीफ़िनलैंड finlaiṇḍ, फिनलैंड phinlaiṇḍ
KiswahiliUfini
PortuguêsFinlândia
FrançaisFinlande
DeutschFinnland
ItalianoFinlandia
ΕλληνικάΦινλανδία Finlandía
RomânăFinlanda
РусскийФинля́ндия Finljándija, Суо́ми Suómi
Tiếng ViệtPhần Lan
العربيةفِنْلَنْدَا finlandā, فِنْلَنْدَة finlanda
עבריתפִינְלַנְד fínland

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@misc{finland_2026,
  title = {Finland},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/finland},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}