Save Type Country Usage Vietnamese Pronounced Pron. /fən˨˩.laːn˧˧/, /fəŋ˦˩.laːŋ˧˧/, /fəŋ˨˩.laːŋ˧˧/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 芬蘭 (Fēnlán), perhaps altered based on Vietnamese phân meaning "feces" or phần meaning "part, portion". This is the Vietnamese name for Finland.