Finlay

[ fin-ley, -lee, fin-lahy for 1; fin-lee for 2 ]

/ ˈfɪn leɪ, -li, fɪnˈlaɪ for 1; ˈfɪn li for 2 /

noun

Car·los Juan

[kahr-lohs wahn] /ˈkɑr loʊs wɑn/, 1833–1915, U.S. physician, born in Cuba: first to suggest mosquito as carrier of yellow fever.

a river in N British Columbia, Canada, flowing SE to join the Parsnip River in forming the Peace River. 250 miles (402 km) long.

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Examples from the Web for finlay

The asking price was $550,000, and Finlay says he got nearly that from a New York collector.
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Finlay's and Elkin's observation of its disappearance at the sun's edge formed, besides, a peculiarly delicate test of its motion.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century|Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
It is upon my lips to beg you not to send that letter, Finlay.
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Finlay's efforts on behalf of the matres de poste were first exerted in the legislative council.
The History of the Post Office in British North America|William Smith

Mr. Finlay was another member who seemed quite inadequately to stir his wrath.
The Strand Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 40, April, 1894|Various
Finlay declined, whereupon, though under engagement he refused to further obey Macdonell.
The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists|George Bryce

British Dictionary definitions for finlay

Finlay

/ (ˈfɪnlɪ) /

noun

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

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