Finland

English thumb|240px|Flag of Finland Etymology en ine-pro *pent- Ultimately, from en non Finnland, equivalent to en Finn -land. Compare ang Finna land Lapland land of the Sami. Pronunciation en /ˈfɪn.lənd/ UK,US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Finland.wav UK en en-us-Finland.ogg US en ɪnlənd 2 Proper noun - s en Q33en A Nordic <<country>> having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in cont/Europe Republic of Finland Helsinki a <<country>> in <<r/Northern Europe>>. en Bryony Jones Why is unity so important to Europe? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2011/11/04/world/europe/european-unity-explainer 2012-09-06 Over the following decades, the EEC became the European Union, and expanded from the original six nations to today’s 27 members, from Finland in the north to Malta in the south. https://web.archive.org/web/20160202093516/https://www.cnn.com/2011/11/04/world/europe/european-unity-explainer en Eliza Mackintosh No more excuses on resettling refugees, European Commission warns w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/02/europe/european-countries-not-meeting-refugee-resettling-obligations/index.html 2017-03-02 And so far just two member states, Malta and Finland, are on track to meet their resettling obligations. https://web.archive.org/web/20180125011850/https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/02/europe/european-countries-not-meeting-refugee-resettling-obligations/index.html en Meronyms en Espoo Helsinki Jyväskylä Kuopio Lahti Oulu Pori Tampere Turku Vantaa Derived terms en Finland Proper Finlandic Finlandish Finlandization Finlandize Fixit Grand Duchy of Finland Gulf of Finland Karelo-Finland Related terms en Finn en Finnish en Suomi Descendants ja 1 フィンランド Finrando tg 1 Финланд Translations Q33 Nordic country Abkhaz: ab Суоми Afrikaans: af Finland Albanian: sq Finlandë f, sq Finlanda f definite Amharic: am ፊንላንድ Arabic: ar فِنْلَنْدَا f, ar فِنْلَنْدَة f Egyptian Arabic: arz فنلندا f finlanda Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܦܝܼܢܠܵܢܕܵܐ Pīnlanda f Armenian: hy Ֆինլանդիա Assamese: as ফিনলেণ্ড phinlend Asturian: ast Finlandia f Azerbaijani: az Finlandiya Bashkir: ba Финляндия Basque: eu Finlandia Belarusian: be Фінля́ндыя f, be Суóмі f rare or poetic Bengali: bn ফিনল্যান্ড Breton: br Finland Bulgarian: bg Финла́ндия f Burmese: my ဖင်လန် Buryat: bua Финлянд Carpathian Rusyn: rue Фі́ньско n Catalan: ca Finlàndia f Chechen: ce Финлянди Cherokee: chr ᏫᏂᎳᏂ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 芬蘭 Eastern Min: cdo 芬蘭 Hokkien: nan-hbl 芬蘭 Hun-lân Mandarin: cmn 芬蘭 Wu: wuu 芬蘭 Chuvash: cv Финлянди, cv Финлянди Circassian: East Circassian: kbd Финлэнд Cornish: kw Fynndir m, kw Pow Finn m Crimean Tatar: crh Finlandiya Czech: cs Finsko n Danish: da Finland Dhivehi: dv ފިންލޭންޑު Dutch: nl Finland n Dzongkha: dz ཕིན་ལེནཌ Erzya: myv Суоми мастор, myv Финнэнь мастор Esperanto: eo Finlando, eo Finnlando, eo Suomio Estonian: et Soome Farefare: gur Fɩŋɔ Faroese: fo Finnland n Finnish: fi Suomi French: fr Finlande f Frisian: North Frisian: frr Finlönj n Saterland Frisian: stq Finlound n West Frisian: fy Finlân Galician: gl Finlandia f Georgian: ka ფინეთი German: de Finnland n Bavarian: bar Finnlånd Greek: el Φινλανδία f Pontic Greek: pnt Φινλανδία f Greenlandic: kl Finlandi Gujarati: gu ફિનલંડ n Haitian Creole: ht Fenlann Hausa: ha Finland, ha Finlan Hawaiian: haw Pinilana Hebrew: he פִינְלַנְד f fínland Hindi: hi फ़िनलैंड m, hi फिनलैंड m Hungarian: hu Finnország Icelandic: is Finnland n Ido: io Finlando Indonesian: id Finlandia Ingrian: izh Soomi, izh Suomi Irish: ga Fionlainn f An Fhionlainn Italian: it Finlandia f Japanese: ja フィンランド Finrando Javanese: jv Finlan, jv Finlandia Kannada: kn ಫಿನ್‍ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ Karakalpak: kaa Finlyandiya Karelian: krl Suomi, krl Šuomi Kashubian: csb Fińskô f Kazakh: kk Финляндия Khmer: km ហ្វាំងឡង់ Komi: Komi-Permyak: koi Суоми, koi Финму Komi-Zyrian: kpv Финляндия Kongo: kg Finlandi Korean: ko ^핀란드 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb فینلاند Northern Kurdish: kmr Fînland Kyrgyz: ky Финляндия Ladino: Hebrew: lad פינלנדיה f Latin: lad Finlandia f Lao: lo ແຟັງລັງ, lo ແຟງລັງ Latgalian: ltg Suomeja f Latin: la Finnia f New Latin, la Fennia f New Latin, la Finlandia f New Latin Latvian: lv Somija f Ligurian: lij Finlandia f Limburgish: li Finland n Lingala: ln Finilanda Lithuanian: lt Suomija f Livonian: liv Sūomõmō Livvi: olo Suomi, olo Ruočči Lombard: lmo Finlandia f Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Finlaand n German Low German: nds-de Finnland n Luganda: lg Finilandi Luhya: luy Finlandi Luo: luo Finland Luxembourgish: lb Finnland Macedonian: mk Финска f Malagasy: mg Finlandy Malay: ms Finland Malayalam: ml ഫിൻലാന്റ്, ml ഫിന്‍ലാന്‍ഡ് Maltese: mt Finlandja f il-Finlandja Mansi: Northern Mansi: mns-nor Manx: gv Finnlynn Māori: mi Whinirana Marathi: mr फिनलंड Mari: Eastern Mari: mhr Суоми, mhr Суоми, mhr Финляндий Meru: mer Finland Mingrelian: xmf ფინეთი Moksha: mdf Суоми мастор Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Финлянд, mn Финланд Mongolian script: mn ᠹᠢᠨ᠋ᠯᠠᠨ᠋ᠳ᠋ Nahuatl: nah Fintlālpan Nauruan: na Pinrand Navajo: nv Nahoditsʼǫʼłání Dineʼé Bikéyah Nepali: ne फिनल्याण्ड Newar: new फिनल्यान्ड Norman: nrf Fînlande f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Finland n Nynorsk: nn Finland n Occitan: oc Finlàndia f Odia: or ଫିନଲ୍ଯାଣ୍ଡ Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu Соумь f modern Old East Slavic: orv Сумь f Old Norse: non Finnland n Papiamentu: pap Finlandia Pashto: ps فېنلانډ m finlānd Persian: Dari: prs فَنْلَانْد, prs فِنْلَنْد Iranian Persian: fa-ira فَنْلانْد Piedmontese: pms Finlandia f Pitcairn-Norfolk: pih Finland Polish: pl Finlandia f Portuguese: pt Finlândia f Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਫਿਨਲੈਂਡ m Western Punjabi: pnb فنلینڈ Qashqai: qxq فینلاند Quechua: qu Phinsuyu Romani: Vlax Romani: rmy Finland Romanian: ro Finlanda f Romansh: rm Finlanda f Russian: ru Финля́ндия f, ru Суо́ми f rare or poetic Sami: Inari Sami: smn Suomâ Kildin Sami: sjd Ла̄дтҍ е̄ммьне Lule Sami: smj Suobma Northern Sami: se Suopma Pite Sami: sje Suobma Skolt Sami: sms Lääʹddjânnam Southern Sami: sma Såevmie Ume Sami: sju Suabma Samoan: sm Finalagi, sm Finelani Samogitian: sgs Suomėjė f Sanskrit: sa फिन्लैंड Sardinian: sc Finlandia f Scots: sco Finland Scottish Gaelic: gd Fionnlainn f an Fhionnlainn, gd Suòmaidh f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Фи̑нска̄ f Latin: sh Fȋnskā f Sicilian: scn Fillannia f Silesian: szl Finlandyjo f Sindhi: sd فن لينڊ Sinhalese: si ෆින්ලන්තය Slovak: sk Fínsko n Slovene: sl Fínska f Somali: so Finland Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Finska f Upper Sorbian: hsb Finska f Sotho: st Finland Spanish: es Finlandia f Sranan Tongo: srn Finland Swahili: sw Ufini Swazi: ss IFini Swedish: sv Finland n Tagalog: tl Pinlandiya, tl Pinlandya Tajik: tg Финланд, tg Финландия Tamil: ta பின்லாந்து Tatar: tt Финландия Telugu: te ఫిన్‌లాండ్ Tetum: tet Finlándia Thai: th ฟินแลนด์ Tibetan: bo ཧྥིན་ལན Tigrinya: ti ፊንላንድ Tok Pisin: tpi Pinlan Turkish: tr Finlandiya Turkmen: tk Finlýandiýa Udmurt: udm Финляндия Ukrainian: uk Фінля́ндія f, uk Суóмі f rare or poetic Urdu: ur فِن لَینْڈ m Uyghur: ug فىنلاندىيە Uzbek: uz Finlandiya Venetan: vec Finlandia f Veps: vep Suomenma Vietnamese: vi Phần Lan (vi 芬蘭) Volapük: vo Suomiyän Võro: vro Soomõ Votic: vot Soomõmaa, vot Soomi Walloon: wa Finlande f Waray-Waray: war Finlandya Welsh: cy Ffindir m y Ffindir West Flemish: vls Finland Wolof: wo Finlaand Wutunhua: wuh fenlan Yakut: sah Финляндия Yiddish: yi פֿינלאַנד n Yoruba: yo Fínlándì Zazaki: Southern Zazaki zza Finlanda Zealandic: zea Finland n Zhuang: za Fwnhlanz See also en terms suffixed with -land exonyms Afrikaans af: Proper noun af Finland Q33 Helsinki Related terms af Fin af Fins Breton Proper noun br proper noun br Finland Q33 br exonyms Danish da: Proper noun da proper noun da Finland Q33 Related terms da finne c ("Finn") da finsk a ("Finnish") See also da exonyms Dutch nl: Alternative forms nl 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 nl /ˈfɪn.lɑnt/ nl Nl-Finland.ogg Netherlands nl Fin land nl ɪnlɑnt Proper noun n Fins,Finlands Fin,Finlander Finse,Finlandse nl Finland Q33 See also nl exonyms Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|The Finnish flag flying in Helsinki. thumb|Finland in Europe. Etymology nb non Finnland, from non finnar land Sami; Finns land, country, literally “land of the Finns”. The name originally referred to the southwestern region now known as no Egentliga Finland, before being extended to the whole country. Compare sv Finland, fo Finnland, is Finnland and the parallel ang Finna land Lapland; land of the Sami. The first element is commonly traced to gem-pro *finnaz Sami; Finn, of disputed origin; compare ang Finn Sami. The second element continues gem-pro *landą land, country and is cognate with en land, nl land, de Land and got 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 land land, country. Pronunciation nb /ˈfɪn.lan/ nb ɪnlan 2 nb Fin land Proper noun nb proper noun Finland; nb country r/Northern Europe cont/Europe, with Helsinki as its capital and largest city the inhabitants of Finland collectively; the Finnish people nb Hele Finland fulgte med på valget. All of Finland followed the election. a team, competitor, or other representative of Finland nb Finland møter Sverige i finalen. Finland faces Sweden in the final. Usage notes The official long-form name is Republikken Finland (“the Republic of Finland”). Derived terms nb finlandshette<t:balaclava> finlandisere<t:to Finlandize; to make Finnish> finlandisering<t:Finlandization> finlandsk<t:Finnish; relating to Finland> finlandssvensk<t:Finland Swedish> finlandssvenske<t:Swedish-speaking Finn> finlender<t:Finn> finlending<t:Finn> 2 0 Related terms nb finne Finn nb finsk Finnish; Finnish language See also References “Finland” in Store norske leksikon Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn Finland Q33 Derived terms nn finlandshette Related terms nn finlendar, nn finlending, nn finne nn finlandsk, nn finsk Swedish sv: Etymology From sv non Finnland. Pronunciation sv /ˈfɪnˌland/ [ˈfɪnːˌl̪and] Central Sweden sv /ˈfinlɑnd/ Finland sv Sv-Finland.ogg Central Sweden Proper noun n sv Finland Q33 Republiken Finland sv historic en Finland one of the four regions of Sweden, together with Götaland, Svealand and Norrland Derived terms sv finlandssvensk sv finländare sv finländsk Related terms sv finne sv finsk See also References saol Svensk MeSH sv exonyms