Finlay

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

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

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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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Words nearby Finlay

Finland, Finlander, Finlandia, Finlandization, Finlandize, Finlay, finlet, Finletter, Finley, finmark, Finn

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How to use Finlay in a sentence

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Brian Mitchell and JP Finlay will co-host show as part of new lineups at 106.7 the Fan, Team 980|Scott Allen|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
The asking price was $550,000, and Finlay says he got nearly that from a New York collector.
Re-Framing the Art Market|Judith H. Dobrzynski|February 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
So far our views seem to flow in the channel of Mr. Finlay's.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols)|Thomas De Quincey
Another claim was made at the same time by another British subject, Finlay, the historian of Greece.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson

It was reserved for Finlay to depict, with greater knowledge and a juster perception, the lights and shades of Byzantine history.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various
Finlay gives eight lines of this ballad in the Preface to his first volume, p. xxxiii.
English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8)|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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