Etymology

Finland

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Today it means: A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland. Capital: Helsinki. Full definition →

Old Norse Finnland
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  1. Old Norse · derived fromFinnland
  2. English todayFinland

Ultimately, from Old Norse Finnland, equivalent to Finn + -land. Compare Old English Finna land (“Lapland”, literally “land of the Sami”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.