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Suomi

American  
[swaw-mi] / ˈswɔ mɪ /

noun

  1. Finnish name of Finland.


Suomi British  
/ ˈsuɔmi /

noun

  1. the Finnish name for Finland

"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

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The nighttime images come from a satellite named after Verner E. Suomi, a scientist at the University of Wisconsin who pioneered early satellite cameras.

From New York Times Mar. 30, 2023

After the verdict, Suomi said of her daughter, grandson and unborn grandchild: "I finally got justice for them."

From Reuters Jul. 20, 2022

Randerson’s lab also developed a fire-tracking algorithm using signals from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Suomi satellite.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2022

Finland, known as Suomi in Finnish, is now synonymous with gold.

From Fox News Feb. 20, 2022

Even as far back as 1896, when I paid my first visit to Finland, and when telephones were barely in general use in England, Suomi was ahead of us.

From Through Finland in Carts by Mrs. (Ethel) Alec-Tweedie

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