Finland

[ fin-luhnd ]

noun
  1. Finnish Suo·mi [swaw-mi] /ˈswɔ mɪ/ . a republic in northern Europe: formerly a province of the Russian Empire. 130,119 sq. mi. (337,010 sq. km). Capital: Helsinki.

  2. Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea, south of Finland.

Words Nearby Finland

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use Finland in a sentence

  • It was barely four o'clock, and the sun came down a long vista of blue islands that led out to the open sea and Finland.

    Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon Blackwood
  • The point where we stood—a huddled, shivering group—faced the wider channels that led to the open sea and Finland.

    Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon Blackwood
  • The roof is supported by granite monoliths from Finland, buried for centuries in deep swamps.

    Ways of War and Peace | Delia Austrian
  • Down under my window, in the asphalted court, the King of Finland was entering his beautiful victoria.

    In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. Chambers
  • We traveled back to Finland in the autumn, and in the winter he took me to stay with his sister in Nice.

    The Czar's Spy | William Le Queux

British Dictionary definitions for Finland

Finland

/ (ˈfɪnlənd) /


noun
  1. a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic Sea: ceded to Russia by Sweden in 1809; gained independence in 1917; Soviet invasion successfully withstood in 1939–40, with the loss of Karelia; a member of the European Union. It is generally low-lying, with about 50 000 lakes, extensive forests, and peat bogs. Official languages: Finnish and Swedish. Religion: Christian, Lutheran majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Helsinki. Pop: 5 266 114 (2013 est). Area: 337 000 sq km (130 120 sq miles): Finnish name: Suomi

  2. Gulf of Finland an arm of the Baltic Sea between Finland, Estonia, and Russia

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for Finland

Finland

Republic in northern Europe, bordered by the Gulf of Bothnia (an arm of the Baltic Sea) and Sweden to the west, Norway to the north, Russia to the east, and the Gulf of Finland (another arm of the Baltic) and the Baltic Sea to the south. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki.

Notes for Finland

Despite centuries of cultural, political, and economic domination by the Russian empire and the former Soviet Union, Finland has managed to maintain an independent identity.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.