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FINLAND

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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 "Finland"):

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 "Finland"):

Finn (a native or inhabitant of Finland)

Holonyms ("Finland" 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 ("Finland" 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)

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 Context examples: 

The Cambridge team, working with colleagues from the UK, China and Finland, used a nanowire whose material composition is varied along its length, enabling it to be responsive to different colours of light across the visible spectrum.

(Nanowires replace Newton’s famous glass prism, University of Cambridge)

In a 2011 study, scientists from Finland's University of Turku collaborated with colleagues at Turku University Hospital, to see if small accelerometers could be used to detect the telltale tiny chest movements associated with atrial fibrillation.

(Heart-Checking App May Help Prevent Strokes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Two Austrian researchers, Dr. Philipp Schwabl from the Medical University of Vienna, and Dr. Bettina Liebmann, from the Environment Agency Austria, studied participants from countries including Finland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, the UK and Austria.

(Researchers Discover Microplastics in 100 Percent of People Studied, VOA)

The scientists analyzed 198 families from the United Kingdom and Finland in which a single child had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

(Oxytocin affects facial recognition, NIH)