English words from Finnish
- firefoxRed panda
- saunaA room or a house designed for heat sessions.
- HelsinkiThe capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland.
- SuomiThe Finns.
- KariA female given name from Swedish, of recent usage, equivalent to English Carrie or Cary.
- TampereA municipality, the capital city of the region of Pirkanmaa, Finland.
- TurkuA municipality, the capital city of the region of Southwest Finland.
- OuluA municipality, the capital city of North Ostrobothnia, Finland.
- markkaA (Finnish) mark, the currency used in Finland before the introduction of the euro, consisting of 100 penni. Abbreviation FIM.
- EspooA city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland.
- RaikkonenA surname from Finnish.
- sisuStrength of will in the face of adversity; grit, perseverance or determination, regarded as an integral part of Finnish culture.
- LahtiA city and municipality, the capital of Päijänne Tavastia, Finland.
- TaniA language family, a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan spoken primarily in far northeast India.
- KuopioA city and municipality of the Northern Savonia region, in eastern Finland.
- RapalaA surname.
- LehtinenA surname from Finnish.
- NiemiA surname from Finnish.
- LappeenrantaA city and municipality of South Karelia, in southeastern Finland.
- RovaniemiA city and municipality in Lapland, Finland.
- KemiA town and municipality of Lapland, Finland, near the border with Sweden.
- pahaAn elongated landform composed of only loess, or of till capped by loess.
- RamoA surname.
- poriA municipality, the capital city of the region of Satakunta, Finland.
- HakkinenA surname from Finnish.
- KorpelaA surname from Finnish.
- HeinoA surname from Finnish.
- KorhonenA surname from Finnish.
- LehtoA surname from Finnish.
- LaaksoA surname from Finnish.
- RinneA surname.
- KalevalaThe Finnish national epic.
- kaisaA variant of the game billiards played chiefly in Finland and Russia.
- HeinonenA surname from Finnish.
- KoivuA surname from Finnish.
- PorvooA city and municipality of Uusimaa, in southern Finland, east of Helsinki.
- hankoA traditional Japanese stamp bearing a personal seal, used (in place of a handwritten signature) to authorise or certify documents.
- MakelaA surname from Finnish.
- KoskelaA surname from Finnish.
- NurmiA surname from Finnish.
- RantaA surname from Finnish.
- LaitinenA surname from Finnish.
- MikkeliA city and municipality of Southern Savonia, in eastern Finland.
- KorpiA surname from Finnish.
- OllilaA surname from Finnish.
- MoilanenA surname from Finnish.
- KiviA surname.
- KujalaA surname from Finnish.
- penniA former Finnish currency unit, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of the markka.
- PitkanenA surname from Finnish.
- mottiencirclement; pocket, siege, entrapment
- SeppalaA surname from Finnish.
- TikkanenA surname from Finnish.
- HaapalaA surname from Finnish.
- HeikkilaA surname from Finnish.
- AholaA surname from Finnish.
- kanteleA plucked string instrument (a zither) of the Baltic psaltery family, traditionally with five strings but now more widely varying, originating in the folk music of Finland, where it is seen as a national symbol.
- IvaloA village in Inari, Lapland, Finland.
- TornioA city and municipality of Lapland, Finland.
- KantolaA surname from Finnish.
- NevanlinnaA surname from Finnish.
- KetolaA surname from Finnish.
- RajalaA surname from Finnish.
- KylloA surname from Finnish.
- Arm of FinlandThe municipality of Enontekiö in Finland.
- bread cheeseA Finnish fresh cheese traditionally made from cow's colostrum.
- Central OstrobothniaA region in Western Finland.
- coffee pauseA coffee break.
- Continuation WarThe war between Finland and the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944.
- FennistSynonym of Finnicist.
- Finland ProperSynonym of Southwest Finland.
- HakkapeliittaA Finnish light cavalryman during the Thirty Years' War.
- HämeA historical region of Finland.
- HämeenlinnaA city and municipality of Tavastia Proper, in southern Finland.
- HiisiOne of the components of the binary planetoid Lempo
- HuhtaA surname from Finnish.
- humppaA type of music from Finland, related to jazz and very fast foxtrot.
- JärvenpääA town and municipality of Uusimaa, in southern Finland.
- JyväskyläA municipality, the capital city of the Central Finland region, Finland.
- KainuuA region of Finland.
- kalakukkoA traditional Savonian food made from fish and pork baked inside a loaf of bread.
- kermiA string: a long, slightly elevated, ridge in a bog.
- kicksledA type of small sled consisting of a handlebar mounted on a pair of flexible metal runners. The driver stands on the runners and kicks the sled forward with one foot. In front of the handlebar there's often a seat for a passenger.
- KimilainenA surname from Finnish.
- KirppuA surname from Finnish.
- KitinenA major tributary of the river Kemi, Finland’s longest river.
- Klaukkalavillage in Nurmijärvi Municipality, located in Finland's Uusimaa province.
- KovalainenA surname from Finnish.
- KyllonenA surname from Finnish.
- KymenlaaksoA region of Finland.
- laitakariteA trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral galena white mineral containing bismuth, selenium, and sulfur.
- LemminkäinenLemminkäinen of Kalevala; the young, handsome, charming, but aloof legendary hero of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala.
- LeppoA surname from Finnish.
- lummeExpressing surprise.
- mämmiA traditional Finnish Easter dessert made from rye flour, malted rye, molasses and Seville orange zest.
- molotov cocktailA crude incendiary bomb made from a glass bottle, either filled with a flammable liquid such as petroleum and supplied with a rag for a fuse that is lit just before being hurled, or filled with such a mix of flammable liquids that it ignites itself when it is smashed and its contents are exposed to air.
- North KareliaA county and region in northern Karelia, in southeast Finland. (Since 2022, the English term officially prescribed as the name for the Finnish administrative unit long known as a “region” was changed to be called a “county”, although reference to counties as regions is still common. See Counties of Finland.)
- North OstrobothniaA region in central Finland.
- nutukasTraditional beak-nosed fur boot of the Sami people made from the skin from a reindeer's legs or sometimes head.
- palsaA hummock rising out of a bog with a core of ice; similar in appearance to a pingo but due to different structure palsas cannot grow as big as pingos.