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Finland Proper

Finland Proper proper noun: synonym of Southwest Finland.

Proper noun

Finland Proper

  1. Synonym of Southwest Finland.

Synonyms of Finland Proper

Origin of Finland Proper

Calque of Finnish Varsinais-Suomi, named so because the term Suomi (“Finland”) originally referred only to this region.

Questions about Finland Proper

What does Finland Proper mean?
Finland Proper means synonym of Southwest Finland.
What part of speech is Finland Proper?
Finland Proper is a proper noun.

Words near Finland Proper in the dictionary

  1. Finkley
  2. Finkleys
  3. finks
  4. finks out
  5. Finland
  6. Finland Proper
  7. Finland Swedish
  8. Finlander
  9. Finlanders
  10. Finlandic
  11. Finlandisation

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