: of, relating to, or characteristic of Finland, the Finns, or Finnish
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Ellie Cook — Reporting From Rovajärvi, Northern Finland, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
On Wednesday evening, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen told CNN’s Isa Soares that her country will be summoning the Israeli ambassador to Finland in response to the military’s actions.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 19 May 2025
From Spanish and Swahili to Finnish and Filipino, over 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today.
—Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 12 May 2025
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Adjective
The Finnish exercises, dubbed Northern Strike 125, are part of a set of drills across the eastern edge of NATO territory, sweeping down from Scandinavia, through the Baltic States pressed up against Russia and Belarus and further south.
—Ellie Cook — Reporting From Rovajärvi, Northern Finland, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
On Wednesday evening, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen told CNN’s Isa Soares that her country will be summoning the Israeli ambassador to Finland in response to the military’s actions.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
Noun
It’s been a fit on the ice with Finnish forwards Eetu Luostarinen and Anton Lundell.
—Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 19 May 2025
From Spanish and Swahili to Finnish and Filipino, over 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today.
—Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 12 May 2025
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“Finnish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Finnish. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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Finnish
1 of 2 adjective
Finn·ish
ˈfin-ish 
: of, relating to, or characteristic of Finland, the Finns, or Finnish
Finnish
2 of 2 noun
: a language of the Finns
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