Common Market, EC, EEC, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union, EU, Europe - an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he took Britain into Europe"

European country, European nation - countries occupying the European continent

Karelia - a region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea

capital of Finland, Finnish capital, Helsingfors, Helsinki - the capital and largest city of Finland; located in southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural center

Espoo - a city in southern Finland

Tammerfors, Tampere - an industrial city in south central Finland

Aaland islands, Ahvenanmaa, Aland islands - an archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control

Maarianhamina, Mariehamn - a town that is the chief port of the Aland islands

Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles

Finn - a native or inhabitant of Finland