Ultimately, fromOld NorseFinnland, equivalent toFinn +‎-land. CompareOld EnglishFinna land(“Lapland”, literally“land of theSami”).

• (UK,US)IPA^(key):/ˈfɪn.lənd/

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• Rhymes:-ɪnlənd

Finland (usuallyuncountable,pluralFinlands)

2. A Nordic country having borders withSweden,Norway andRussia inEurope. Official name:Republic of Finland.
   • 2017 March 2, Eliza Mackintosh, “No more excuses on resettling refugees, European Commission warns”, inCNN‎^[1]:

     And so far just two member states, Malta andFinland, are on track to meet their resettling obligations.

   • For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:Finland.

• Finn
• Finnish
• Suomi

• → Japanese:フィンランド(Finrando)

Finland

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

• Fin
• Fins

Finland

1. Finland (a country inNorthern Europe)

Finland

1. Finland (a country inNorthern Europe)

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

• Finlandt(obsolete)

Borrowed and first attested in the 16th century Dutch translation of Olaus MagnusHistoria 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 (adjectiveFinsorFinlands,demonymFin morFinlander morFinse forFinlandse f)

1. Finland (a country inNorthern Europe)

• IPA^(key):/fɪnlɑn/

Finland

1. Finland (a country inNorthern Europe)

• finlandshette

• finlender,finlending,finne
• finlandsk,finsk

Finland

1. Finland (a country inNorthern Europe)

• finlandshette

• finlendar,finlending,finne
• finlandsk,finsk

FromOld NorseFinnland.

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

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Finland n (genitiveFinlands)

1. Finland (a country inNorthern Europe; official name:Republiken Finland)
2. (historical)Finland(one of the four regions of Sweden, together withGötaland,Svealand andNorrland)

• finlandssvensk
• finländare
• finländsk

• finne
• finsk

• Finland inSvenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH