Meanings
plural Finlands
- uncountableusuallyA Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland. Capital: Helsinki.
And so far just two member states, Malta and Finland, are on track to meet their resettling obligations.
2017 March 2, Eliza Mackintosh, “No more excuses on resettling refugees, European Commission warns”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Jan 20181 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Old NorseFinnland
- EnglishFinland
Ultimately, from Old Norse Finnland, equivalent to Finn + -land. Compare Old English Finna land (“Lapland”, literally “land of the Sami”).
More words from Old Norse
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Finland
- FinlandNordic country
Arabic فِنْلَنْدَا, فِنْلَنْدَة
- فِنْلَنْدَا (finlandā)Nordic country
- فِنْلَنْدَة (finlanda)Nordic country
Basque Finlandia
- FinlandiaNordic country
Bengali ফিনল্যান্ড
- ফিনল্যান্ড (phinlênḍ)Nordic country
Bulgarian Финла́ндия
- Финла́ндия (Finlándija)Nordic country
Catalan Finlàndia
- FinlàndiaNordic country
Chinese Cantonese 芬蘭 /芬兰
- 芬蘭 /芬兰 (fan¹ laan⁴)Nordic country
Chinese Mandarin 芬蘭 /芬兰
- 芬蘭 /芬兰 (Fēnlán)Nordic country
Czech Finsko
- FinskoNordic country
Danish Finland
- FinlandNordic country
Dutch Finland
- FinlandNordic country
Esperanto Finlando, Finnlando
- FinlandoNordic country
- FinnlandoNordic country
- SuomioNordic country
Estonian Soome
- SoomeNordic country
Finnish Suomi
- SuomiNordic country
French Finlande
- FinlandeNordic country
German Finnland
- FinnlandNordic country
Greek Φινλανδία
- Φινλανδία (Finlandía)Nordic country
Hawaiian Pinilana
- PinilanaNordic country
Hebrew פִינְלַנְד
- פִינְלַנְד (fínland)Nordic country
Hindi फ़िनलैंड, फिनलैंड
- फ़िनलैंड (finlaiṇḍ)Nordic country
- फिनलैंड (phinlaiṇḍ)Nordic country
Hungarian Finnország
- FinnországNordic country
Icelandic Finnland
- FinnlandNordic country
Indonesian Finlandia
- FinlandiaNordic country
Irish An Fhionlainn
- An FhionlainnNordic country
Italian Finlandia
- FinlandiaNordic country
Japanese フィンランド
- フィンランド (Finrando)Nordic country
Korean 핀란드
- 핀란드 (Pillandeu)Nordic country
Latin Finnia, Fennia
- FinniaNordic country
- FenniaNordic country
- FinlandiaNordic country
Latvian Somija
- SomijaNordic country
Lithuanian Suomija
- SuomijaNordic country
Malay Finland
- FinlandNordic country
Māori Whinirana
- WhiniranaNordic country
Norwegian Bokmål Finland
- FinlandNordic country
Polish Finlandia
- FinlandiaNordic country
Portuguese Finlândia
- FinlândiaNordic country
Punjabi ਫਿਨਲੈਂਡ
- ਫਿਨਲੈਂਡ (phinlaiṇḍ)Nordic country
Romanian Finlanda
- FinlandaNordic country
Russian Финля́ндия, Суо́ми
- Финля́ндия (Finljándija)Nordic country
- Суо́ми (Suómi)Nordic country
Scottish Gaelic an Fhionnlainn, Suòmaidh
- an FhionnlainnNordic country
- SuòmaidhNordic country
Slovak Fínsko
- FínskoNordic country
Spanish Finlandia
- FinlandiaNordic country
Swahili Ufini
- UfiniNordic country
Swedish Finland
- FinlandNordic country
Tagalog Pinlandiya, Pinlandya
- PinlandiyaNordic country
- PinlandyaNordic country
Tamil பின்லாந்து
- பின்லாந்து (piṉlāntu)Nordic country
Thai ฟินแลนด์
- ฟินแลนด์ (fin-lɛɛn)Nordic country
Turkish Finlandiya
- FinlandiyaNordic country
Ukrainian Фінля́ндія, Суóмі
- Фінля́ндія (Finljándija)Nordic country
- Суóмі (Suómi)Nordic country
Urdu فِن لَینْڈ
- فِن لَینْڈ (fin lainḍ)Nordic country
Vietnamese Phần Lan
- Phần LanNordic country
Welsh y Ffindir
- y FfindirNordic country
Yiddish פֿינלאַנד
- פֿינלאַנד (finland)Nordic country
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Finland
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Finland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Finland
“Finland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Finland. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Finland,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Finland.
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