Finnmark

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

From Norwegian Finnmark, from Finn (“Finn”) +‎ mark (“land”).

Finnmark

1. A county of Norway.

Finnmark (plural Finnmarks)

1. (historical) The Finnish markka (currency unit).

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”).

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Finnmark

1. Finnmark, a former county in Norway
2. A dialect of the Northern Sami language.

• finnmarking

• Finnmork (rare)

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.

• IPA^(key): /²fɪnːmɑrk/

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Finnmark f (definite Finnmarka)

1. Finnmark, a county in Norway
2. A dialect of the Northern Sami language.
3. (rare) Sápmi

• finnmarking
• finnmarksbær
• finnmarkspors