finland

Fin-land · proper_noun

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Definitions

proper_noun

  1. 1.

    A country in Northern Europe, bordered by Sweden, Norway, and Russia, with a coastline on the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland.

  2. 2.

    The Republic of Finland, a Nordic country and member of the European Union since 1995.

Related words

See also: finn, finnish, helsinki

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnland, from Finn (referring to the Sami or Finnish people) + land ("land, country"). The Finns call their country Suomi, which may derive from a Proto-Baltic word meaning "land" or "swamp."