Finland

n. Republic of Finland, country in northern Europe

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic country situated in Northern Europe. It has borders with Sweden to the west, Russia to the east, and Norway to the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland. The capital city is Helsinki.Finland has a population of 5,238,460 people, spread over an area of . The majority of the population is concentrated in the southern part of the country. Finland is the sixth largest country in Europe in terms of area, with a low population density of 15.5 persons per square kilometre, making it the most sparsely populated country in the European Union. As their mother tongue, most Finns speak Finnish, one of the few official languages of the European Union that is not of Indo-European origin. The second official language, Swedish, is spoken natively by a 5.5 percent minority.
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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

n. Finland, country in northern Europe

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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: People Geography Government Economy Communications Transportation Military Transnational Issues