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SUOMI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages
Synonyms:
Finnish; Suomi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Suomi" is a kind of...):
Baltic-Finnic (a group of Finnic languages including Finnish and Estonian)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917
Synonyms:
Finland; Republic of Finland; Suomi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Suomi"):
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)
Meronyms (members of "Suomi"):
Finn (a native or inhabitant of Finland)
Holonyms ("Suomi" 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)
Holonyms ("Suomi" is a member of...):
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)
