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Noun: "homeland, fatherland"
[edit]1867 [1848], “Maamme [Our Land]”, in J[ohan]. L[udvig]. Runeberg, translated by Julius Krohn, Anders Törneroos et al., Wänrikki Stoolin Tarinat [The Tales of Ensign Stål], volume 1, number 1, Helsinki: J[ulius]. Krohn, translation of Fänrik Ståls sägner (in Swedish), →OCLC, page 1, lines 1–2:Oi maamme, Suomi, ſynnyinmaa,
Soi ſana kultainen!- [original: Vårt land, vårt land, vårt fosterland,
Ljud högt, o dyra ord!] - Our land, our land, our Fatherland!
Ring out, dear word, oh sound! (Trans. from Swedish original by Anna Krook, 1904.)
