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finnan

finnan is the ellipsis of finnan haddie.

Meaning of finnan haddie

Noun

finnan haddie (countable and uncountable, plural finnan haddies)

  1. Cold-smoked haddock, representative of a regional method of smoking with green wood and peat in north-east Scotland.

Proper noun capitalized: Finnan

Finnan

  1. A river in Glen Finnan, Highland council area, Scotland.
    • Meanwhile, ground-level teams are working in the River Finnan to protect the viaduct piers from erosion - a risk that's increasing due to climate change.2024 July 24, “Network News: Glenfinnan Viaduct refresh at new heights”, in RAIL, number 1014, page 9
  2. A surname.

Forms of finnan

pluralfinnans

Phrases with finnan

Questions about finnan

What does finnan mean?
Finnan means a river in Glen Finnan, Highland council area, Scotland.
What is finnan the ellipsis of?
Finnan is the ellipsis of finnan haddie.
What part of speech is finnan?
Finnan is a proper noun.

Words near finnan in the dictionary

  1. finnacs
  2. finnage
  3. finnages
  4. Finnair
  5. finnally
  6. finnan
  7. finnan haddie
  8. finnan haddies
  9. finnan haddock
  10. finnan haddocks
  11. finnans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: finnan (page history and authors); Finnan (page history and authors); finnan haddie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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