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Nevanlinna

Nevanlinna proper noun: a surname from Finnish.

Proper noun

Nevanlinna

  1. A surname from Finnish.
    1. (attributive) Finnish mathematician Rolf Nevanlinna.

Origin of Nevanlinna

Borrowing from Finnish Nevanlinna (from (genitive of) Neva + linna (“fortress”)); the Finnish name for a 17th-century Swedish fortress at the confluence of the Neva and Okhta Rivers, at the site of present-day Saint Petersburg, Russia. For more see Nyenschantz on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Phrases with Nevanlinna

Questions about Nevanlinna

What does Nevanlinna mean?
Nevanlinna means a surname from Finnish.
What part of speech is Nevanlinna?
Nevanlinna is a proper noun.

Words near Nevanlinna in the dictionary

  1. Nevado de Toluca
  2. Nevado del Ruiz
  3. Nevado Sajama
  4. Nevaeh
  5. nevah
  6. Nevanlinna
  7. Nevanlinna theory
  8. Nevar
  9. Nevares
  10. Nevareses
  11. Nevarez

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