: of, relating to, or characteristic of Finland, the Finns, or Finnish
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John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
German, Swedish, Finnish and Danish officials boarded the ship off the Danish coast to inspect the vessel and question the crew.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
Annika Pham, Variety, 14 Jan. 2025
But again, after making the Finnish World Junior team, bouts of careless play in his own zone resulted in a reduction of minutes.
—Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
What to Know The mission will deploy roughly 10 ships to monitor energy and data cables in the Baltic Sea, Finnish broadcaster YLE reported on Tuesday.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
German, Swedish, Finnish and Danish officials boarded the ship off the Danish coast to inspect the vessel and question the crew.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
Co-financiers include the N12 Nordic public broadcasters’ alliance (Yle, DR, SVT, NRK, RÚV), Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Business Finland, Film i Skåne, the Finnish Film Foundation and the Slovenian Film Centre.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 14 Jan. 2025
But again, after making the Finnish World Junior team, bouts of careless play in his own zone resulted in a reduction of minutes.
—Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Finnish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Finnish. Accessed 20 Jan. 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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