"finland" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

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