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Finn

//ˈfɪn// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Irish. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  3. 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
Noun
  1. 1
    A national of Finland.
  2. 2
    a native or inhabitant of Finland wordnet
  3. 3
    A person of ethnic Finnish (Suomi) ancestry; a non-Swedish, non-Sami Finlander.
  4. 4
    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. broadly
  5. 5
    A male given name from Old Norse.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

An Old and Middle Irish form of Fionn.

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