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Finn.

A national of Finland.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfɪn/
  1. A national of Finland.

  2. A person of ethnic Finnish (Suomi) ancestry; a non-Swedish, non-Sami Finlander.

  3. 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.

  4. A male given name from Old Norse.

Where this word comes from

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.

name/ˈfɪn/
  1. A male given name from Irish.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A surname.

    countable · uncountable
  3. 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.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

An Old and Middle Irish form of Fionn.

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