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Name Åland
Type Island
Usage Finland Swedish
Other Forms FormsÅland Islands (English)
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Meaning & History
Either derived from Old Norse *Ahvaland meaning "land of water" (from ahva "water"), or from Finnish Ahvenanmaa "perch land" (from ahven "perch"). Åland is an autonomous archipelago province in the Baltic Sea. It belongs to Finland, but the official language is Swedish.