What do Finland and Boston have in common?
Fenns, or swampy land. Fenway Park is located near the Fenns, a swampy area in Boston.
The word Finland is derived from the same word for swamp: Fennland. The Finnish word for Finland is Suomi, and the Finnish word for swamp is suo.
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1 Comments:
this is verbal genuity,
never thought "Suomi" this way
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