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Finno-

Finno- is the combining form of Finland.

Meaning of Finland

Proper noun

Finland (usually uncountable, plural Finlands)

  1. (usually) 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

Forms of Finno-

alternative formFenno-

Origin of Finno-

From Latin Finnus + -o-. Doublet of Fenno-.

Questions about Finno-

What is Finno- the combining form of?
Finno- is the combining form of Finland.

Words near Finno- in the dictionary

  1. Finnishmen
  2. Finnishness
  3. Finnley
  4. Finnmark
  5. Finnmarks
  6. Finno-
  7. Finno-Ugrian
  8. Finno-Ugric
  9. Finno-Ugricist
  10. Finno-Ugricists
  11. Finno-Ugrist

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Finno- (page history and authors); 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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