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Länsi-Suomi
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Finnish
fi:
thumb|120px|Administrative definition: province of Länsi-Suomi 1997-2009
thumb|120px|Linguistic definition: the areas 1, 2 and 3 on the map. Western dialects are also spoken in the areas 4 and 5, but they are usually considered to belong to Northern Finland
Etymology
fi länsi Suomi west Finland
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi a <<region>> comprising the western parts of <<c/Finland>>; not a well defined area, but roughly equaling the area that lies west of the line that connects Kokkola and Hanko, overlapping with fi Etelä-Suomi Southern Finland in the south
fi linguistics culture those parts of Southern Finland in which the so called western dialects are spoken (see map)
fi government a former (1997-2012) province (fi lääni) of Finland
Declension
Länsi-Suom a sg
See also
fi länsimurre