suomi

English Thesaurus

1. the official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	baltic-finnic,
definition	:	a group of Finnic languages including Finnish and Estonian (noun.communication)

2. republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917 (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	european country, european nation,
definition	:	any one of the countries occupying the European continent (noun.location)

part holonym	:	karelia,
definition	:	a region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea (noun.location)

part holonym	:	capital of finland, finnish capital, helsingfors, helsinki,
definition	:	the capital and largest city of Finland; located in southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural center (noun.location)

part holonym	:	espoo,
definition	:	a city in southern Finland (noun.location)

part holonym	:	tammerfors, tampere,
definition	:	an industrial city in south central Finland (noun.location)

part holonym	:	aaland islands, ahvenanmaa, aland islands,
definition	:	an archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control (noun.location)

part holonym	:	maarianhamina, mariehamn,
definition	:	a town that is the chief port of the Aland islands (noun.location)

part meronym	:	europe,
definition	:	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 (noun.object)

member holonym	:	finn,
definition	:	a native or inhabitant of Finland (noun.person)

member meronym	:	common market, ec, eec, eu, europe, european community, european economic community, european union,
definition	:	an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members (noun.group)

3. the official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages (noun.communication)

derivation	:	finnish,
definition	:	of or relating to or characteristic of Finland or the people of Finland (adj.pert)

derivation	:	finnish,
definition	:	of or relating to or characteristic of Finland or the people of Finland (adj.pert)