name
Meaning 1
Finland (a country in Northern Europe).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Suomi
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈswɔːmɪ/
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General-American: /ˈswɔmi/
name
Meaning 2
The Finnish language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A surname from Finnish.
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noun
Meaning 4
The Finns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
- 1963, Francis Peabody Magoun Jr. (trans.), The Kalevala: Or, Poems of the Kaleva District the original homeland of the Suomi tribe (suomalaiset).
- 1997, Eric Christiansen, The Northern Crusades, Nevertheless, a community of Christians had been established among the Suomi (south-west Finns), and in 1215 there was a Finnish convert [...] The motives of the Swedes who went into Suomi lands, and of the Suomi who accepted their faith and paid tithe to their bishop, can only be conjectured.
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noun
Meaning 5
A freeform variation of psytrance music said to originate in Finland, where it is called suomisaundi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 6
the official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Finnish
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Broader terms: Baltic-Finnic
noun
Meaning 7
republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Finland, Republic of Finland
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Broader terms: European country, European nation
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish Suomi.