Finland

== English == === Etymology === Ultimately, from Old Norse Finnland, equivalent to Finn +‎ -land. Compare Old English Finna land (“Lapland”, literally “land of the Sami”). === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈfɪn.lənd/ (Indic) IPA(key): /fɪn.lanɖ/ Rhymes: -ɪnlənd === Proper noun === Finland (usually uncountable, plural Finlands) A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Finland. ==== Meronyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Finn Finnish Suomi ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: フィンランド (Finrando) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== == Afrikaans == === Proper noun === Finland Finland (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Helsinki) ==== Related terms ==== Fin Fins == Breton == === Proper noun === Finland Finland (a country in Northern Europe) == Danish == === Proper noun === Finland Finland (a country in Northern Europe) ==== Related terms ==== finne c ("Finn") finsk (adjective) ("Finnish") === See also === == Dutch == === Alternative forms === Finlandt (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed and first attested in the 16th century Dutch translation of Olaus Magnus Historia 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɪn.lɑnt/ Hyphenation: Fin‧land Rhymes: -ɪnlɑnt === Proper noun === Finland n (adjective Fins or Finlands, demonym Fin m or Finlander m or Finse f or Finlandse f) Finland (a country in Northern Europe) === See also === == Norwegian Bokmål == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɪnlɑn/ === Proper noun === Finland Finland (a country in Northern Europe) ==== Derived terms ==== finlandshette ==== Related terms ==== finlender, finlending, finne finlandsk, finsk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Proper noun === Finland Finland (a country in Northern Europe) ==== Derived terms ==== finlandshette ==== Related terms ==== finlendar, finlending, finne finlandsk, finsk == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse Finnland. === Pronunciation === (Central Sweden) IPA(key): /ˈfɪnˌland/, [ˈfɪnːˌl̪and] (Finland) IPA(key): /ˈfinlɑnd/ === Proper noun === Finland n (genitive Finlands) Finland (a country in Northern Europe; official name: Republiken Finland) (historical) Finland (one of the four regions of Sweden, together with Götaland, Svealand and Norrland) ==== Derived terms ==== finlandssvensk finländare finländsk ==== Related terms ==== finne finsk ==== See also ==== === References === Finland in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) Svensk MeSH