Finn 86502 225367753 2008-07-13T09:11:40Z Closedmouth 372693 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/121.45.31.56|121.45.31.56]] to last version by 66.9.150.10 (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]]) {{Wiktionarypar2|Finn|finn}} {{For|the European ethnic group|Finns}} {{For|people sharing the surname or given name "Finn"|Finn (name)}} '''Finn''' (''pl.'' Finns) is commonly used to refer to a member of the [[Finns|Finn ethnic group]] or a [[Demographics of Finland|citizen of Finland]].<!-- [[Finns]] and [[Finland]] are included here intentionally to provide these options in the pop-up disambiguation editing tool. --> "Finn" may also refer to: ==Various== * a short form of [[Finnegan]] * a name, meaning "fair" * [[Finn (dinghy)]], an Olympic class of sailing dinghy * ''[[Finn: A Novel]]'', a 2007 novel by Jon Clinch * ''[[Phineas Finn]]'', an 1867 novel by Anthony Trollope and the name of its leading character * a variant of fin, a colloquial term for the [[U.S. five dollar bill]] bearing a portrait of Abraham Lincoln * "Finn", a song by [[Tori Amos]] for the [[Great Expectations (1998 film)]] soundtrack. * [[Finn (album)|''Finn'' (album)]], a 1995 album by the [[Finn Brothers]]. * ''[[Finn: Gaelic]]'', an oak tree; a family or clan native to County Cork, Ireland. * [[River Finn]] in [[Northern Ireland]] * [[Finn Township, Logan County, North Dakota]], in the [[United States]] * "[[Finn (The Lost World)]]", an episode in the television series ''[[List of The Lost World episodes|The Lost World]]'' * As a verb, an attempt to pull rank based on how long one has been on [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]]<ref>The Free Online Dictionary of Computing, [http://foldoc.org/?finn]</ref> ==Legendary people== * several legendary High Kings of Ireland (''Finn'' or ''Fionn'' is [[Irish language|Irish]] for "white", "bright" or "fair"): ** [[Eber Finn]], 1700 BC (AFM), 1287-1286 BC (FFE) ** [[Cearmna Finn]], 1533-1493 BC (AFM), 1155-1115 BC (FFE) ** [[Finn mac Blatha]], 952-930 BC (AFM), 725-705 BC (FFE) ** [[Duach Finn]], 904-894 BC (AFM), 679-674 BC (FFE) ** [[Ailill Finn]], 795-786 BC (AFM), 586-577 BC (FFE) ** [[Fiatach Finn]], 36-39 AD (AFM), 25-28 AD (FFE) * [[Fionn mac Cumhail]] (Finn mac Cumhal; anglicised to Finn McCool), a legendary warrior of Irish mythology * [[Finn (Frisian)]], a Frisian King, who appears in ''Beowulf'' and ''The Fight at Finnsburg'' * Finn, the giant who, according to folk mythology, built the [[Lund Cathedral]] Jay Finn-The boy who according to Aberdonian folk lore single handedly caught enough fish to last the town 4 months. ==Fictitious people== * [[Finn (comics)]], the eponymous hero of a strip written by Pat Mills * Finn (rat), a fictional rat character in the popular Deptford Mice books by Robin Jarvis * Huckleberry Finn, the title character of the Mark Twain novel [[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]] * [[Riley Finn]] * [[Finn Whitman]], from the Ridley Pearson novel ''The Kingdom Keepers'' * Finn, a character in the "Jackie Chan Adventures" television series; see [[List of Jackie Chan Adventures characters]] * The Finn, a character in William Gibson's [[Sprawl trilogy]] * Finn, one of the main protagonists of the animated television series, [[Storm Hawks]]. * "Finn", a wizard character in the opera ''[[Ruslan and Lyudmila (opera)|Ruslan and Lyudmila]]'' * Finn is also the name of the main goldfish from the [[Pepperidge Farm]] snack crackers. ==See also== * [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3APrefixindex&from=Finn&namespace=0 All articles with titles beginning "Finn"] * [[Fin]] * [[Fine]] * [[Flynn]] ==References== <references/> {{disambig}} [[de:Finn]] [[fr:Finn (homonymie)]] [[hu:Finn]] [[it:Finn]] [[nl:Finn]] [[ja:フィンランド人]] [[no:Finn]] [[ru:Финн]] [[sv:Finn]]