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sauna n.

from sauna "sauna": a room or house for taking steam baths by the Finnish method, i.e. in steam produced by throwing water on hot stones; such a steam bath.

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  "Then they took him to their dugout and kept him as a mascot for several days, feeding him, giving him drinks, taking him to sauna, and watching him dance ripaska-pikku ryssää." Eloise Engle & Lauri Paananen, The Winter War: The Soviet Attack on Finland 1939-1940, 1973, p. 98.
• "He wished he could show her something grander—the rambling spread of outbuildings, the smokehouse, sauna and enclosed dog runs he planned to put up once he found the time and the money, not to mention a more spacious cabin—but he was proud of what he'd already accomplished, and he could feel the pride beating at his rib cage as he took down the bear-proof shutters and unlatched the door for her." T.C. Boyle, Drop City, 2004, p. 82.
• "It was stiflingly hot and muggy, like a sauna." Peter F. Ostwald, Glenn Gould: The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius, 1998.
• "A guest had gone into the sauna, only to find that when it got too hot she couldn't get out again." Sarah Dunant, Under My Skin: A Hannah Wolfe Mystery.
• "Most people thought it was a fine idea that had a snowball's chance in a sauna." Peter McWilliams, Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our Free Country, 1996.
• "According to the Russian cameraman, 'It was hot like a sauna and the smell was horrible.'" Abandoned to the State: Cruelty and Neglect in Russian Orphanages.
• The Sauna, by Rob Roy, 1997.
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sisu n.

from sisu "stamina, (colloquial) guts".

• "Thorby started the usual inquiries, found that it [the spaceship] was the Free Trader Sisu, registered home port New Finlandia, Shiva III." Robert A. Heinlein, Citizen of the Galaxy, 1982, p. 44.
• "Sisu, combined with violence which is the counterpart of the loving-kindness of the Finn, had always made him a dangerous adversary in war." Eloise Engle & Lauri Paananen, The Winter War: The Soviet Attack on Finland 1939-1940, 1973, p. 84.
• "On the sidelines Thomas constantly hollers 'Sisu! Sisu!' at her charges." Stephen Cannella, Kevin Cook, et al., "Been There, Done That: Bea Thomas, 86, is in her 63rd year as a coach", Sports Illustrated, Nov. 2, 1998.
• "Stephen Holden Critic's Choice column recommends Finnish film series at Museum of Modern Art, starting with Aki Kaurismaki's new movie Drifting Clouds; photo; adds that Finnish cinema since 1917 has flourished on 'sisu,' Finnish quality of hardiness and pluck." Stephen Holden, "Finnish Fortitude Behind the Despair", The New York Times, Apr. 24, 1998.
• "Sisu refers not to the courage of optimism, but to a concept of life that says, 'I may not win, but I will gladly give my life for what I believe.'" Aini Rajanen, Of Finnish Ways, 1981, p. 10.
• Sisu, by Sue Harrison, 1997.
• Toivo, a Man with Sisu, by Elaine Root, 2000.
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Suomi n.

from Suomi "Finland": the Finnish name for Finland; a kind of submachine gun.

• "And even Voronov had been mistaken about the value of the Finns' Suomi submachine gun." Eloise Engle & Lauri Paananen, The Winter War: The Soviet Attack on Finland 1939-1940, 1973, p. 70.
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