Finland
proper nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈfɪn.lənd//
A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.
proper noun
- 1
A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.
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.
And so far just two member states, Malta and Finland, are on track to meet their resettling obligations.
Etymology
Ultimately, from Old Norse Finnland, equivalent to Finn + -land. Compare Old English Finna land (“Lapland”, literally “land of the Sami”).
Forms
- plural
- Finlands
Finland · A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.
Finley · A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.Finn · A national of Finland.Finnish · Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic,…