noun
1. republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917
• Syn: ↑Finland, ↑Republic of Finland
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑European country, ↑European nation
• Member Holonyms:
↑European Union, ↑EU, ↑European Community, ↑EC, ↑European Economic Community, ↑EEC, ↑Common Market, ↑Europe
• Part Holonyms: ↑Europe
• Member Meronyms: ↑Finn
• Part Meronyms:
↑Karelia, ↑Helsinki, ↑Helsingfors, ↑capital of Finland, ↑Finnish capital, ↑Espoo, ↑Tampere, ↑Tammerfors, ↑Aland islands, ↑Aaland islands, ↑Ahvenanmaa, ↑Mariehamn, ↑Maarianhamina
2. the official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages
• Syn: ↑Finnish
• Hypernyms: ↑Baltic-Finnic
Useful english dictionary. 2012.