Finland
//fɪn.lanɖ// name
name ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland. uncountable, usually
"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."
Example
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Etymology
Ultimately, from Old Norse Finnland, equivalent to Finn + -land. Compare Old English Finna land (“Lapland”, literally “land of the Sami”).
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