Ahvenanmaa. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Ahvenanmaa

SYLLABICATION:	Ah·ven·an·maa
PRONUNCIATION:	äv-nän-mä
VARIANT FORMS:	also Å·land Islands ( älnd, länd)
	An archipelago in the Baltic Sea at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia between Sweden and Finland. Colonized in the 12th century by Swedes, the islands were ceded to Russia in 1809 and became part of Finland after World War I.


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