(ש"ע) סואומי, שפה רשמית של פינלנד; שמה הפיני של פינלנד

n. official language of Finland; Finnish name of Finland

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Noun
1. republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917
(synonym) Finland, Republic of Finland
(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
2. the official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages
(synonym) Finnish
(hypernym) Baltic-Finnic

nm. suomi

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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.

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