The Finnish word for land is
maa
Translations for land and their definitions
| nousta maihin | |
| 1. to land, from water |
| maa | |
| 1. n. earth | |
| 2. n. soil | |
| 3. n. land | |
| 4. n. ground | |
| 5. n. country | |
| 6. n. countryside | |
| Voi mennä maalle. One can go to the countryside. | |
| Voi mennä maahan. One can go into the country. (e.g. to Spain) | |
| Panin sen maahan. I put it on the ground. | |
| Hän on maalla. He is in the countryside. | |
| Hän on maassa. He is in the country. (within the national boundary). | |
| Hän on maassa. He is on the ground (e.g. after being hit). | |
| 7. n. (card games) suit |
| laskeutua | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) to go down, descend. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) to fall, drop, settle. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) to land. |
| asettua | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) to take up a position, take a stand/stance | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) to settle down (to live somewhere) | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) to calm/quiet/simmer/settle down, compose/collect oneself, cool off | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) to abate, subside, dwindle (down), weaken | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) to stop (bleeding), coagulate, clot, dry up |
| tasanko | |
| 1. n. (geography) plain, flatland | |
| 2. adv. - + the suffix -ko |
| harja | |
| 1. n. brush (implement consisting of multiple bristles or other filaments) | |
| 2. n. brush (piece of conductive material, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine) | |
| 3. n. mane (longer hair growth e.g. on back of neck of a horse or around head of a male lion) | |
| 4. n. crest (tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head) | |
| 5. n. crest (upper curve of a horse's neck) | |
| 6. n. crest (ridge or top of a wave) | |
| 7. n. crest, chine (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) | |
| 8. n. arête (sharp edge of a mountain ridge) | |
| 9. n. (curling) broom, sweeper (implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further) |
| kotimaa | |
| 1. n. homeland |
| maa- | |
| 1. terrestrial |
| kotiseutu | |
| 1. n. home (region) |
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