Suomi
/ˈswɔːmɪ/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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 A freeform variation of psytrance music said to originate in Finland, where it is called suomisaundi. uncountable
- 3 the official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 Finland (a country in Northern Europe).
- 2 The Finnish language.
"Suomi occupies the greater part of Finland"
- 3 A surname from Finnish.
"What Suomi has that Harlow did not have is technology."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"Finland is called "Suomi" in Finnish."
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish Suomi.