Finn
SubstantivEigennamehäufig in Dialogen
- //ˈfɪn//
A national of Finland.
Substantiv
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A national of Finland.
Culturally and economically Finland is a Western nation. But would the Finns fight if the Soviets tried to use Finnish territory as a springboard to attack NATO?
- 2
A person of ethnic Finnish (Suomi) ancestry; a non-Swedish, non-Sami Finlander.
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A member of any Finnic nationality, such as (more narrowly) a Baltic Finn such as a Karelian or Estonian, or (more broadly) a Volga Finn or Perm Finn.
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A male given name from Old Norse.
Herkunft
From Old English Finnas (“the Sami”) (plural), from Old Norse finnr (“a hunter-gatherer”), from Proto-Germanic *finnaz (which see for more). Possibly originally meaning a ‘finder’ of food, referring to nomadic hunter-gatherers, particularly the Sami.
Eigenname
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A male given name from Irish.
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A surname.
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A river in County Donegal, Ireland, which joins the Mourne to form the Foyle. The same river borders onto County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, between Clady and Strabane.
Herkunft
An Old and Middle Irish form of Fionn.
Formen
- Plural
- Finns