Finlander

noun

Fin·land·er

-ˌlandə(r),

-lən-

plural -s

: finn

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Finland

geographical name

Fin·land ˈfin-lənd

variants or Finnish Suomi

ˈswȯ-mē

country of northern Europe bordering on the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland and extending north of the Arctic Circle; a republic with its capital at Helsinki area 130,559 square miles (338,145 square kilometers), population 5,537,000

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