Etymology

Tornedalen

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Today it means: Tornedalen Finnish, or Meänkieli (Finnic language spoken in northern Sweden) Full definition →

Swedish Tornedalen
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  1. Swedish · borrowed fromTornedalen“Meänmaa”
  2. English todayTornedalen

From Swedish Tornedalen (“Meänmaa”), a geographic region shared by Sweden and Finland.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.