finn
n. countablen. a person from Finland. You use this word to talk about someone's nationality or where they were born.
n. a native or inhabitant of Finland, or a person of Finnish descent. When capitalised, it refers specifically to the ethnic or national identity.
My friend is a Finn who lives in Helsinki.
The marathon runner was a proud Finn who had trained in the snowy forests of Lapland.
While many people assume all Nordic citizens share similar customs, a Finn will often point out the unique linguistic and cultural heritage that distinguishes them from their Scandinavian neighbours.
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.
An Old and Middle Irish form of Fionn.
Always capitalised as it refers to a specific nationality.