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Finn

"Finn" may be used in one of the following meanings:

a Finn might be Finnish in one or another sense of that word
Legendary personages:
- Fionn mac Cumhail (Finn mac Cumhal) was a legendary warrior of Irish mythology.
- Finn (Frisian) is a Frisian lord who appears in Beowulf and The Fight at Finnsburg.
- Finn is the name of the giant who, according to folk mythology, built the cathedral in Lund
Common surname (normally of Irish origin) used for real or fictional persons:
- the band Finn now known as Finn Brothers led by Neil Finn and Tim Finn
- Finn, a fictional character in Jackie Chan Adventures
- Huckleberry Finn
Finn (dinghy) is an Olympic class of sailing dinghy.
Finn may be a variant of fin, a colloquial term for the U.S. five dollar bill bearing a portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

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