: of, relating to, or characteristic of Finland, the Finns, or Finnish
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Borisov, so wonderful as the soulful Russian miner in Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment No. 6, plays the character’s sensitivity by stealth degrees, through to a closing scene that’s intentionally awkward but genuinely moving.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
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Share [Findings] Finnish scientists identified the genomic region associated with fearfulness in Great Danes.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Borisov, so wonderful as the soulful Russian miner in Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment No. 6, plays the character’s sensitivity by stealth degrees, through to a closing scene that’s intentionally awkward but genuinely moving.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
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“Finnish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Finnish. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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Finnish
1 of 2 adjective
Finn·ish
ˈfin-ish 
: of, relating to, or characteristic of Finland, the Finns, or Finnish
Finnish
2 of 2 noun
: a language of the Finns
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