1. Republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917
   - Finland, Republic of Finland
    
2. The official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages
   - Finnish

Type of: Baltic-Finnic, European country, European nation

Part of: Common Market, EC, EEC, EU, Euroland, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union, Eurozone, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation [Brit], North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Encyclopedia: Suomi, Stephen