finland

1. Republic in northern Europe;
   Achieved independence from Russia in 1917 (synset 108797356)
   is an instance of: european country, european nation - any one of the countries occupying the European continent
   member holonym: finn - a native or inhabitant of Finland
   belongs to: common market, ec, eec, eu, europe, european community, european economic community, european union - an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
   has:

   • karelia - a region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea
   • capital of finland, finnish capital, helsingfors, helsinki - the capital and largest city of Finland; located in southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural center
   • espoo - a city in southern Finland
   • tammerfors, tampere - an industrial city in south central Finland
   • aaland islands, ahvenanmaa, aland islands - an archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control
   • maarianhamina, mariehamn - a town that is the chief port of the Aland islands
   is a part of: europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
   same as: republic of finland, suomi

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