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Fyn

American  
[fyn] / fün /

noun

  1. an island in S Denmark. 1,149 sq. mi. (2,975 sq. km).


Fyn British  
/ fyːn /

noun

  1. the Danish name for Funen

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Partners Stanlee and Bernie, who both like to bray, produced four of the 10 chicks, including Fyn, named for a type of vegetation found on the southern tip of Africa.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2024

SFKs have many functions, so if high doses of saracatinib are needed to inhibit Fyn kinase action in the brain, they could do damage elsewhere.

From Nature • Jul. 17, 2013

These were a man named Fyn and his sister "Black Joan," who appear to have been born on the Mewstone, near Plymouth, and who were as wild as their companion seabirds.

From The Cornwall Coast by Salmon, Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie)

Under the uncouth names of Gow Mac Morn, and of Fyn MacCowl, the admirers of Ossian are to recognise Gaul, the son of Morni, and Fingal himself; heu quantum mutatus ab illo!

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir

His diocese was large, comprising not only Fyn but a large number of smaller islands besides.

From Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark by Aaberg, J. C. (Jens Christian)