Finnmark

English

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/fɪn.mɑːk/
• (US)IPA^(key):/fɪn.mɑɹk/

Etymology 1

FromNorwegianFinnmark,fromFinn(“Finn”)+‎mark(“land”).

Proper noun

Finnmark

1. A county ofNorway.

=Related terms

• Troms og Finnmark

Translations

county in Norway

• Belarusian:Фінмарк(Finmark)
• Bulgarian:Финмарк(Finmark)
• Danish:Finnmark
• Finnish:Ruija(fi)
• French:Finnmark(fr)m
• Japanese:フィンマルク huyện(Finmaruku ken),フィンマルク(Finmaruku)
• Latin:Finmarchia
• Lithuanian:Finmarkas
• Macedonian:Финмарк(Finmark)
• Northern Sami:Finnmárku
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:Finnmark(no)

  Nynorsk:Finnmark

• Old Norse:Finnmǫrk
• Russian:Финнмарк(Finnmark)
• Samogitian:Fėnmarks
• Ukrainian:Фіннмарк(Finnmark)

Etymology 2

Noun

Finnmark(pluralFinnmarks)

1. (historical)TheFinnishmarkka(currency unit).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

FromOld NorseFinnmǫrk(“Finnmark”),first part fromfinn,finnar(“Sami person”).Last partmǫrk(“forest, woodland, borderland”),fromProto-Germanic*markō(“border, boundary, area”),fromProto-Indo-European*morǵ-(“edge, boundary, border”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Finnmark

1. Finnmark,a former county inNorway
2. Adialectof theNorthern Samilanguage.

Related terms

• finnmarking

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Finnmork(rare)

Etymology

FromOld NorseFinnmǫrk(“land of the Sami”),fromfinnr,fiðr(“Sami”)+mǫrk(“woodland, forest”).First part fromProto-Germanic*fenþnōzpl(“nomadic people”)or*finnaz.

Not to be confused withFinnemarka,which is a newer name made fromfinne(“Finn”),a Swedish borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/²fɪnːmɑrk/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Finnmarkf(definiteFinnmarka)

1. Finnmark,a county inNorway
2. Adialectof theNorthern Samilanguage.
3. (rare)Sápmi

Derived terms

• finnmarking
• finnmarksbær
• finnmarkspors