Etymology

Finnmark

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Today it means: The Finnish markka (currency unit). Full definition →

Norwegian Finnmark
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  1. Norwegian · borrowed fromFinnmark
  2. English todayFinnmark

From Norwegian Finnmark, from Finn (“Finn”) + mark (“land”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.