Egentliga Finland

Swedish Southwest Finland Finland Proper<dab!> Turku and Pori Province Etymology proper/actual Finland, because the term sv Finland referred to this region before it became the name for the entire country. First attested as sv Egenteliga Finland in the 18th century, possibly as a kind of calque of a Latin term la Fenningia presse dicta. Proper noun n Egentliga Finland Southwest Finland, a geographical and administrative region in southwestern Finland. Finland Proper, Southwest Finland, a historical province region of Finland (once part of Sweden). Turku and Pori Province, a former province of Finland.