Finlay

[ fin-ley, -lee, fin-lahy fin-lee ]

noun

1. Car·los Juan [kahr, -lohs wahn], 1833–1915, U.S. physician, born in Cuba: first to suggest mosquito as carrier of yellow fever.
2. a river in N British Columbia, Canada, flowing SE to join the Parsnip River in forming the Peace River. 250 miles (402 km) long.

Finlay

/ ˈfɪnlɪ /

noun

1. FinlayCarlos Juan18331915MCubanMEDICINE: physician Carlos Juan (ˈkarlos xwan). 1833–1915, Cuban physician: discovered that the mosquito was the vector of yellow fever

Example Sentences

Thomas has been hosting his new show all week, while Finlay and Mitchell’s new show will debut Thursday.

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The asking price was $550,000, and Finlay says he got nearly that from a New York collector.

From The Daily Beast

So far our views seem to flow in the channel of Mr. Finlay's.

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Another claim was made at the same time by another British subject, Finlay, the historian of Greece.

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It was reserved for Finlay to depict, with greater knowledge and a juster perception, the lights and shades of Byzantine history.

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Finlay gives eight lines of this ballad in the Preface to his first volume, p. xxxiii.

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Finlay declined, whereupon, though under engagement he refused to further obey Macdonell.

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