Finnmark
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Norwegian Finnmark, from Finn (“Finn”) + mark (“land”).
Proper noun[edit]
Finnmark
- A county of Norway.
Translations[edit]
county in Norway
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Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
Finnmark (plural Finnmarks)
- (historical) The Finnish markka (currency unit).
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse Finnmǫrk (“Finnmark”), first part from finn, finnar (“Sami person”). Last part mǫrk (“forest, woodland, borderland”), from Proto-Germanic *markō (“border, boundary, area”), from Proto-Indo-European *morǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Finnmark
- Finnmark, a former county in Norway
- A dialect of the Northern Sami language.
Related terms[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse Finnmǫrk (“land of the Sami”), from finnr, fiðr (“Sami”) + mǫrk (“woodland, forest”). First part from Proto-Germanic *fenþnōz pl (“nomadic people”) or *finnaz.
Not to be confused with Finnemarka, which is a newer name made from finne (“Finn”), a Swedish borrowing.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Finnmark f (definite Finnmarka)
Derived terms[edit]
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