Suomi

//ˈswɔːmɪ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The Finns. plural, plural-only

    "Over and above the 1,800,000 odd they number in Finland, the Suomi come in for about 250,000 more in the population of the adjacent Russian governments."

  2. 2
    A freeform variation of psytrance music said to originate in Finland, where it is called suomisaundi. uncountable
  3. 3
    the official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Finland (a country in Northern Europe).
  2. 2
    The Finnish language.

    "Suomi occupies the greater part of Finland"

  3. 3
    A surname from Finnish.

    "What Suomi has that Harlow did not have is technology."

Synonyms

All synonyms
finlandfinnfinnishfinnish

Example

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"Finland is called "Suomi" in Finnish."

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Suomi.

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