Editing Finland (section)

==Etymology==
{{see also|Finn (ethnonym)#Etymology}}
The name {{Langnf|fi|Suomi|Finland}} has uncertain origins, but a common etymology with {{lang|fi|saame}} (the [[Sámi peoples|Sami]]) has been suggested.<ref>Rossi, Venla: "7 väärinkäsitystä suomen kielestä". ["7 misconceptions about the Finnish language"] ''Helsingin Sanomat''. 11 September 2022. {{in lang|fi}}.</ref><ref name=deSmit>{{cite web |last1=de Smit |first1=Merlijn |title=De Vanitate Etymologiae. On the origins of Suomi, Häme, Sápmi. |url=https://www.academia.edu/36858309 |website=Academia.edu |publisher=Academia, Inc. |access-date=6 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> In the earliest historical sources, from the 12th and 13th centuries, the term ''Finland'' refers to the coastal region around [[Turku]] in the southwest of modern Finland; this region later became known as [[Finland Proper (historical province)|Finland Proper]] in distinction from the country name Finland.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Suomen museo 2003: "The Origins of Finland and Häme" |last=Salo |first=Unto |publisher=Suomen muinaismuistoyhdistys |year=2004 |isbn=978-951-9057-55-2 |location=Helsinki |page=55}}</ref><ref name="Maillefer">{{cite book |last1=Maillefer |first1=Jean-Marie |editor1-last=Vauchez |editor1-first=André |title=Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages |date=2000 |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers |isbn=978-1-57958-282-1 |pages=546–547 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ejQOAQAAMAAJ |language=en |chapter=Finland}}</ref>

In the 14th and 15th centuries, the southwest ([[Eura]] and Turku), the interior (around [[Lake Päijänne]]), and the southeast (reaching [[Lake Ladoga]]) regions of modern Finland were incorporated into the Swedish realm.<ref name="Maillefer"/> The entire area was called ''Finlandia et partes orientales'' or ''[[Österland]]'' ("Eastland") by the Scandinavians.<ref name="Maillefer"/> The term ''Österland'' was used until the 16th century.{{sfn|Kirby|2006|p=9}} The interior was known as [[Tavastia (historical province)|Tavastia]].<ref name="Maillefer"/> By the end of the [[Middle Ages]], the term ''Finland'' was extended to the east as well.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Meinander |first1=Henrik |title=History of Finland |date=2020 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-005402-1 |page=14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oATeDwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>