Finlay

American  

[fin-ley, -lee, fin-lahy, fin-lee] / ˈfɪn leɪ, -li, fɪnˈlaɪ, ˈfɪn li /

noun

1. Carlos Juan 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.

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Finlay British  

/ ˈfɪnlɪ /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

"The South Atlantic Anomaly is not just a single block," says lead author Chris Finlay, Professor of Geomagnetism at the Technical University of Denmark.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

Thomas Clarkson gets the nod at tighthead prop with veteran Finlay Bealham providing cover on the bench.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

For those named in the squad, Hugo Keenan, Ciaran Frawley, Jamie Osborne, Tadhg Furlong and Finlay Bealham have all recently been injured and will be lacking match minutes.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

Props Finlay Bealham and Tadhg Furlong have been included despite injury concerns, and the absence of Porter has opened the door for Jeremy Loughman, Jack Boyle and Michael Milne.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

Because his subjects had not gotten full-blown yellow fever, many scientists thought that Finlay had failed to prove the relationship between mosquitoes and the disease.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy