Definitions

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  • proper noun Finland.
  • proper noun Finnish (language).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages
  • noun republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917

Etymologies

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From Finnish Suomi

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Examples

  • In the first place, Finland (in Finnish, "Suomi") is about the size of Great

    Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

  • The thing is it's about as near to the truth as you can get; when Hanna first emailed me about it, it was just a vague enquiry if I fancied a sojourn in Suomi, and my response was kinda in the vein of "YES!!!"

    Archive 2010-06-01 Hal Duncan 2010

  • The thing is it's about as near to the truth as you can get; when Hanna first emailed me about it, it was just a vague enquiry if I fancied a sojourn in Suomi, and my response was kinda in the vein of "YES!!!"

    Adventures of a Couch-Hopping Scribbler Part 3: Hail, Helsinki! Hal Duncan 2010

  • The book bears the slightly odd title Suomi kysymyksessä, vastauksena Venäjä literally "Finland in question, Russia in reply", and is an attempt to trace and analyse the historical relations between Finland and Russia throughout the centuries, concentrating on the genetic myths and memories, and the hatred and hostility that developed in the conversation between the two countries, influenced by official propaganda on both sides.

    Archive 2009-10-01 David McDuff 2009

  • And the data in Suomi and Lesch’s 2002 Molecular Psychiatry paper, in which peer-reared monkeys with the risky serotonin-transporter allele appeared to process serotonin inefficiently, also showed that mother-reared infants with that same allele processed serotonin 10 percent more efficiently than even mother-raised infants who had the supposedly protective allele.

    The Science of Success 2009

  • And the data in Suomi and Lesch’s 2002 Molecular Psychiatry paper, in which peer-reared monkeys with the risky serotonin-transporter allele appeared to process serotonin inefficiently, also showed that mother-reared infants with that same allele processed serotonin 10 percent more efficiently than even mother-raised infants who had the supposedly protective allele.

    The Science of Success 2009

  • And one of the important things I learned was that Finland is really called Suomi by its people, and they wield the name with pride.

    Robbie Gennet: Before you can Taste the Love, you first have to Make the Love Robbie Gennet 2010

  • And one of the important things I learned was that Finland is really called Suomi by its people, and they wield the name with pride.

    Robbie Gennet: Before you can Taste the Love, you first have to Make the Love Robbie Gennet 2010

  • And one of the important things I learned was that Finland is really called Suomi by its people, and they wield the name with pride.

    Robbie Gennet: Before you can Taste the Love, you first have to Make the Love Robbie Gennet 2010

  • And one of the important things I learned was that Finland is really called Suomi by its people, and they wield the name with pride.

    Robbie Gennet: Before you can Taste the Love, you first have to Make the Love Robbie Gennet 2010

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