Finn

Meaning

Noun

1. A national of Finland.
2. A person of ethnic Finnish (Suomi) ancestry; a non-Swedish, non-Sami Finlander.
3. (broadly) 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.

Name

1. (countable, uncountable) A male given name from Irish.
2. (countable, uncountable) A surname.
3. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Synonyms

Finnish

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cysticercus

finn

Translations

finlandés

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finlandese

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Finne

Fin

finlandês

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Finnois

Finlandais

Finnin

finlandès

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Φινλανδός

Finlandiyalı

Finse

Fin

finlandesa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Old English: Finnas

In summary

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.