Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An archipelago in the Baltic Sea at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia between Sweden and Finland. Colonized in the 12th century by Swedes, the islands were ceded to Russia in 1809 and became part of Finland after World War I.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control
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At present Åland in Finnish, Ahvenanmaa enjoys a special autonomous status within Finland, enabling the province to conduct its affairs entirely in Swedish, without the need for the people who live there to learn and speak Finnish at all.
Land of one language? - 2 David McDuff 2009
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At present Åland in Finnish, Ahvenanmaa enjoys a special autonomous status within Finland, enabling the province to conduct its affairs entirely in Swedish, without the need for the people who live there to learn and speak Finnish at all.
Archive 2009-11-01 David McDuff 2009
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Finnish has three more letters than the English alphabet: ä and ö are used in Finnish words, while å is hardly ever used, i.e. in Swedish loan words or names, such the Åland island in the Finnish Archipelago Sea which is perhaps not the best example as it is called Ahvenanmaa by Finnish speakers.
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It worked OK, albeit not very good (didn't have problems with 'Ahvenanmaa' this time -
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