maakunta

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • county, province, region administrative or historical region widely varying in size and significance but always a subdivision of a state and consisting of a number of municipalities

Etymology

Compound from Finnish maa (land, earth, country, ground, soil, of land, nation, of earth, country's, earth's, of country) + Finnish kunta (municipality, corps, -dom, municiplity, administrative area, community, local government).

Origin

Finnish

kunta

Gloss

municipality, corps, -dom, municiplity, administrative area, community, local government

Kanji

隊

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