Finnmark

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /fɪn.mɑːk/ (US) IPA(key): /fɪn.mɑɹk/ === Etymology 1 === From Norwegian Finnmark, from Finn (“Finn”) +‎ mark (“land”). ==== Proper noun ==== Finnmark A county of Norway. ===== Related terms ===== Troms og Finnmark ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== Finnmark (plural Finnmarks) (historical) The Finnish markka (currency unit). == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse Finnmǫrk (“Finnmark”), first part from finn, finnar (“Sami person”). Last part mǫrk (“forest, woodland, borderland”), from Proto-Germanic *markō (“border, boundary, area”), from Proto-Indo-European *morǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Finnmark Finnmark, a county in Norway A dialect of the Northern Sami language. ==== Related terms ==== finnmarking == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === Finnmork (rare) === Etymology === From Old Norse Finnmǫrk (“land of the Sami”), from finnr, fiðr (“Sami”) + mǫrk (“woodland, forest”). First part from Proto-Germanic *fenþnōz pl (“nomadic people”) or *finnaz. Not to be confused with Finnemarka, which is a newer name made from finne (“Finn”), a Swedish borrowing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²fɪnːmɑrk/ === Proper noun === Finnmark f (definite Finnmarka) Finnmark, a county in Norway A dialect of the Northern Sami language. (rare) Sápmi ==== Derived terms ==== finnmarking finnmarksbær finnmarkspors