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Finland
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Finland
n.
Republic of Finland, country in northern Europe
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Finland
Finland (; ; ), officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, a peninsula with Gulf of Finland to the south and Gulf of Bothnia to the west. It has land borders with Sweden and Norway to the north and Russia to the east. Finland is part of the geographic region of Fennoscandia, which also includes Scandinavia and parts of Russia.
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Finland
Noun
1. republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917
(synonym) Republic of Finland, Suomi
(hypernym) European country, European nation
(member-holonym) European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe
(part-holonym) Europe
(member-meronym) Finn
(part-meronym) Karelia
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Finland
n.
Finland, country in northern Europe
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Finland
Flag of Finland
Background:
Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It won its complete independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its freedom and resist invasions by the Soviet Union - albeit with some loss of territory. In the subsequent half century, the Finns made a remarkable transformation from a farm/forest economy to a diversified modern industrial economy; per capita income is now on par with Western Europe. As a member of the European Union, Finland was the only Nordic state to join the euro system at its initiation in January 1999.
Map of Finland
More about Finland:
The World Factbook 2005, by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
