Finland
/ˈfɪn.lənd/
Finland proper noun: a Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland. Capital: Helsinki.
Proper noun
Finland (usually uncountable, plural Finlands)
- A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland. Capital: Helsinki.
- 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.2012 September 6, Bryony Jones, “Why is unity so important to Europe?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2016
- And so far just two member states, Malta and Finland, are on track to meet their resettling obligations.2017 March 2, Eliza Mackintosh, “No more excuses on resettling refugees, European Commission warns”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2018
Finland meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Finland in Hindi
- Nordic country
- फ़िनलैंड finlaiṇḍ, फिनलैंड phinlaiṇḍ
Finland in Tamil
- Nordic country
- பின்லாந்து piṉlāntu
Finland in Marathi
- Nordic country
- फिनलंड phinlaṇḍa
Finland in Urdu
- Nordic country
- فِن لَینْڈ fin lainḍ
More languagesFewer languages
- Finland in Bengali
- ফিনল্যান্ড phinlênḍ
- Finland in Telugu
- ఫిన్లాండ్ phinlāṇḍ
- Finland in Malayalam
- ഫിൻലാന്റ് phiṉlānṟŭ, ഫിൻലാൻഡ് phiṉlāṉḍŭ
- Finland in Kannada
- ಫಿನ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ phinlyāṇḍ
- Finland in Punjabi
- ਫਿਨਲੈਂਡ phinlaiṇḍ
- Finland in Gujarati
- ફિનલંડ phinlaṇḍ
- Finland in Odia
- ଫିନଲ୍ଯାଣ୍ଡ phinaljāṇḍa
- Finland in Sanskrit
- फिन्लैंड phinlaiṃḍa
- Finland in Sinhala
- ෆින්ලන්තය finlantaya
- Finland in Assamese
- ফিনলেণ্ড phinlend
- Finland in Nepali
- फिनल्याण्ड phinalyāṇḍa
- Finland in Pashto
- فېنلانډ finlānd
- Finland in Tagalog
- Pinlandiya, Pinlandya
- Finland in Arabic
- فِنْلَنْدَا finlandā, فِنْلَنْدَة finlanda
- Finland in Malay
- Finland
- Finland in Indonesian
- Finlandia
- Finland in Thai
- ฟินแลนด์ fin-lɛɛn
- Finland in Vietnamese
- Phần Lan
- Finland in Myanmar
- ဖင်လန် hpanglan
- Sindhi
- فن لينڊ f̃ lẽḍ
- Dhivehi
- ފިންލޭންޑު fin̊lēn̊ḍu
- Dzongkha
- ཕིན་ལེནཌ phin lenḍ
Forms of Finland
| plural | Finlands |
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Origin of Finland
Ultimately, from Old Norse Finnland, equivalent to Finn + -land. Compare Old English Finna land (“Lapland”, literally “land of the Sami”).
Words formed from Finland
Phrases with Finland
Words that rhyme with Finland
Questions about Finland
- What does Finland mean?
- Finland means a Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland. Capital: Helsinki.
- What is Finland in Hindi?
- Finland in Hindi is फ़िनलैंड (finlaiṇḍ), फिनलैंड (phinlaiṇḍ). See Finland meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Finland?
- Finland is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Finland?
- Finland is pronounced /ˈfɪn.lənd/ (UK).
Words near Finland in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Finland (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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