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Finisterre, Cape
finite
finitude
fink (1)
fink (2)
fink out
Finland
Finland, Gulf of
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Finn MacCool
finnan haddock
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Finlandize
Fin·land·ize [ fínnlən dz ] (past and past participle Fin·land·ized, present participle Fin·land·iz·ing, 3rd person present singular Fin·land·iz·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
give a reason to compromise: to make a small country or power act in an accommodating way toward a superpower
[Mid-20th century. From the behavior of Finland toward the Soviet Union after World War II]

Fin·land·i·za·tion [ fìnnləndi záysh'n ] noun
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