origin (e.g., Jukka from Greek Johannes), but Finnish and Swedish origins are also common. In Finnish, the letter "j" denotes the approximant [j], as...
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Finnish: Suomi [ˈsuo̯mi] ; Swedish: Finland [ˈfɪ̌nland] Finnish: Suomen tasavalta; Swedish: Republiken Finland; listen to all "Republic of Finland",...
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Calendar of First Names, 1982 Edition (in English) Hungarian Name Days by date. (in Swedish) Swedish Name Days by date. (in Finnish) Finnish Name Days by date...
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Language portal Finland portal Finland's language strife Finnish cultural and academic institutes Finnish name Finnish numerals Finnish profanity Sisu...
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is a list of cities and towns (Finnish: kaupunki, Swedish: stad) in Finland. The basic administrative unit of Finland is municipality. Since 1977, there...
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The markka (Finnish: markka; Swedish: mark; sign: mk; ISO code: FIM), also known as the Finnish mark, was the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February...
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Finland has two official languages, Finnish and Swedish. Many places in the country have different names in Finnish and Swedish, both being official endonyms...
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Turku (redirect from Names of Turku)
TOOR-koo; Finnish: [ˈturku] ; Swedish: Åbo, Finland Swedish: [ˈoːbu] ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located...
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The Finnish Government (Finnish: Suomen valtioneuvosto; Swedish: Finlands statsråd; lit. 'Finland's council of state') is the executive branch and cabinet...
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The Finnish language has lent few loanwords to the English language; Finnish is rather a net importer of words from English. However the following words...
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