Suomi vs. Finland

Suominoun

republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917

Finlandnoun

republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917

Suominoun

the official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages

Finland

Finland (Finnish: Suomi [ˈsuo̯mi] (listen); Swedish: Finland [ˈfɪ̌nland] (listen), Finland Swedish: [ˈfinlɑnd]), officially the Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland (listen to all)), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the west, Russia to the east, Norway to the north, and is defined by the Gulf of Bothnia to the west, and the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea across Estonia to the south.