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	Fennia can refer to: An old Latin Latin Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe.... name for Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.... , along with Finnia, Finningia Finningia Finningia is an old Latin name for Finland, along with Fennia, Finnia and most often used Finlandia. The name first appears in the work of Olaus Magnus from 1539, who placed Finningia olim regnum on the Scandinavian Peninsula map to indicate the unhistorical past kingdom of Finland.... and most often used Finlandia. The name originates from an old misconception that people known as Fenni Fenni The Fenni were an ancient hunter-gatherer people described by Cornelius Tacitus in Germania in 97 A.D.... in Tacitus' Germania Germania (book) The *Germania* , written by Tacitus around 98, is an ethnography work on the Germanic tribes outside the Roman Empire.This work survived only in one single manuscript that was found in Hersfeld Abbey, Holy Roman Empire and brought to Italy in 1455 where Enea Silvio Piccolomini, the later Pope Pius II, first examined and analyzed it, wher... were Finns Finnish people The terms *Finns* and *Finnish people* are used in English to mean "a native or inhabitant of Finland". They are also used to refer to the ethnic group historically associated with Finland or Fennoscandia, and they are only used in that sense here.... . A Finnish insurance company, Fennia Mutual Insurance Company . A publication by the Geographical Society of Finland, Fennia - International Journal of Geography .