adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- anti-Finnish adjective
- pro-Finnish adjective
Etymology
Origin of Finnish
Example Sentences
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Her mouth often pulls to the right when she speaks, her admirable non-native English tugged easterly in a Finnish accent.
From Los Angeles Times
Most of Finnish Karelia was grabbed by Joseph Stalin's forces in 1940 after the bloody Winter War, when Finland put up stiff resistance to the Soviets despite overwhelming odds.
From Barron's
Tuesday’s potential movers include German and Finnish bond auctions as well as the German ZEW economic sentiment index.
Beretta Holding now houses more than 20 international brands, including historic British shotgun maker Holland & Holland, a Finnish sniper-rifle maker and Steiner, which produces rifle scopes in Ohio.
"If there's going to be some kind of bigger European investments in France or the UK's nuclear deterrence, that's only a good thing," Finnish Defence Minister Antti Hakkanen recently told AFP.
From Barron's
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