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Finlay River Finlay River is a 402 km long river in north-central British Columbia flowing north and then south from Thutade Lake in the Omineca Mountains to Williston Lake, the impounded waters of the Peace River formed by the completion of the W.A.
Finley Stadium Finley Stadium Davenport Field is the home stadium for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team, the NCAA Division I-AA national football championship, UTC soccer, and various high school sports and musical concerts. It's located in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Finmere Finmere is an English village in Oxfordshire, very close to the border with Buckinghamshire. At the center of the village is a fourteenth century church and a section of the Roman road runs through the eastern side of the village.
Finn Carter Finn Carter (born Elizabeth Fearn Carter on March 8,1960) is an American actress. She is the daughter of former (during the late 1970s) United States State Department Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Hodding Carter.
Finn Døssing Finn Døssing Jensen (born 27 April, 1941 in Viborg, Jutland) is a former Danish football player most famous for his spell in Scotland at Dundee United in the 1960s. He is one of the greatest goalscorers ever at the club, where he remains hugely popular.
Finn Eces Finn Eces (Finneces, Finegas, Finnegas) is a legendary Irish poet and sage, according to the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. He is the teacher of Fionn mac Cumhaill, according to the tale The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn.
Finn Family Moomintroll Finn Family Moomintroll (Swedish title Trollkarlens hatt) is the second in the series of Tove Jansson's Moomins books, published in 1948. Both the Austrian/Polish and the Japanese animated television series were largely based on the events of this novel.
Finn Gustavsen Finn Gustavsen (born April 22, 1926 in Drammen - died July 20, 2005) was a Norwegian socialist politician active from 1945 to the late 1970s. He was noted for his uncompromising style and willingness to take contrarian stands.
Finn Junge-Jensen The president of Copenhagen Business School who is responsible for major budget deficits in the school's budget. The shortage, about 28 million DKK, resulted in various cost cuttings; however, so far they don't have been effective enough.
Finn Kristensen Finn Kristensen (1936-) was Norwegian Minister of Industry in 1981, 1986-1987 and 1988-1989, Minister of Petroleum and Energy 1990-1992, Minister of Industry again in 1992, and Minister of Industry and Trade in 1993.
Finn Laudrup Finn Laudrup (born July 31, 1945) is a former Danish professional football (soccer) player, who represented the Denmark national football team himself in 20 matches, and scored 6 goals. He is the father of former Denmark national team players Michael Laudrup and Brian Laudrup, and is also the brother-in law of football manager Ebbe Skovdahl.
Finn Tugwell Finn Tugwell (born March 18, 1976) is a Danish table tennis professional. He pairs up with Danish Michael Maze in double, with whom he won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, beating the Russian pair Mazunov/Smirnov.
Finn Wagle Finn Wagle (born June 19 1941 in Oslo, Norway) is the current bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros in the Church of Norway. He is also the current preses (primas inter pares, “first among equals”) and thus presiding in the Bishop’s Conference in the Church of Norway.
Finnair Finnair is Finland's largest airline and the national flag carrier. Its headquarters are located in Vantaa, Finland with its main hub at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport Finnair and its subsidiary companies dominate both the domestic and international air travel markets in Finland.
Finnair Cargo Finnair Cargo is Finnair's cargo carrier, based in Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, where it has one of the largest air cargo terminals in Northern Europe, called Helsinki Gateway. Annually Finnair Cargo carries over 120,000 tons of freight.
Finnair destinations Finnair flies to Asia, Europe and North America from its base at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport as well as operating domestic flights in Finland. In addition to scheduled destinations listed here, Finnair operates charter flights to a variety of destination - also to Africa and South America.
Finncon Finncon is the largest science fiction convention in Finland and, with up to 5000 participants, one of the largests SF conventions in Europe. Finncon is unique among SF conventions because it has no participation/membership fee.
Finne Jager Finne Jager, born in Nieuwegein, (The Netherlands) on December 6th 1984, is an up-and-coming trance music DJ. He is commonly known by the pseudonym Phynn, and he is currently gaining popularity through promotion by DJ's such as Tiesto, Ferry Corsten, and Armin van Buuren.
Finnegan the Poet Finnegan the Poet (born March 17, 1969) is a bisexual queer American expatriate poet, writer and performance artist of Afro-Caribbean, Irish and Cuban descent. Originally from New York City he is on tour and is presently touring across the United States, after four years abroad in Europe .
Finnegan's Wake "Finnegan's Wake" is a ballad which arose in perhaps the 1850s in the vaudeville tradition of comical Irish songs. It is famous for being the basis of James Joyce's masterwork, Finnegans Wake, where the comic resurrection becomes symbolic of a universal cycle of life.
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, commonly known as Finnegan Henderson, or just Finnegan, was founded on March 1, 1965 by Marc Finnegan and Douglas Henderson, and is currently one of the largest law firms focusing exclusively on the practice of intellectual property law in the United States of America.
Finnegans Wake Finnegans Wake, published in 1939, is James Joyce's final novel. Following the publication of Ulysses in 1922, Joyce began working on the "Wake" and by 1924 installments of what was then known as Work in Progress began to appear.
Finnerty Gardens Finnerty Garden is a Canadian renowned woodland garden located on and maintained by the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia. It's biggest feature is the sizeable collection of rhododendrons artfully placed throughout the 6.
Finnesburg Fragment The Finnesburg Fragment is a fragment of an Old English poem of the type called a leoĂ°, or "lay." The existing text is a transcript of a loose manuscript folio that was once kept at Lambeth Palace, the London residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury; the manuscript was almost certainly Lambeth Library MS 487.
Finnfight Finnfight or Scandinavian open NHB Championships (SNC) is an annual mixed martial arts competition in Turku, Finland. Contrary to most other mixed martial arts organizations and competitions, elbow strikes, knee strikes and headbutts from any position are legal.
FinnFestUSA FinnFestUSA is a summer festival held annually in locations throughout the United States of America. Aiming to celebrate Finland, Finnish America, and Finnish culture, the festival is organized by a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation with a national office maintained by its president, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Finnhorse The Finnhorse or Finnish Horse (Finnish: suomenhevonen, pet name: suokki) belongs to general horse breeds, having both warmblood and heavier draft blood influence and characteristics. The breed is also called the Finnish Universal in English, because it is said to fulfill all needs for horses in Finland, from agricultural work to speedy harness races to riding.
Finnic peoples The term Finnic peoples (Fennic, sometimes Baltic-Finnic) refers to peoples speaking the closely related Finnic languages (also known as Balto-Finnic languages). A Finnic language is the largest language in Finland (Finnish) and Estonia (Estonian).
Finningley Finningley is a village in England which lies on the A614, about six miles from the centre of Doncaster, at , and at an elevation of around 7 metres above sea level. Since 1974 it has been part of the metropolitan borough of Doncaster of the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, but it lies within the historic county boundaries of Nottinghamshire.
Finnish Academy of Science and Letters The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Finnish Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia; Latin Academia Scientiarum Fennica) is a Finnish learned society. It was founded in 1908 as a Finnish-language counterpart of the Swedish-language Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, which had existed since 1838.
Finnish Air Force The Finnish Air Force (FAF) (Finnish: Ilmavoimat) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. Its peacetime tasks are airspace surveillance, identification flights, and production of readiness formations for wartime conditions'.
Finnish American Finnish Americans are Americans of Finnish descent, who currently number at about 700,000. Finns first started coming to the United States in large numbers in the late 19th century, and continued until the mid 20th century.
Finnish Border Guard The Border Guard (Finnish: Rajavartiolaitos, Swedish: Gränsbevakningsväsendet) of Finland is the Finnish security authority responsible for the border security. It is a military organization, subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior in administrational issues and to the President of the Republic in issues pertaing to her authority as Commander-in-Chief (e.
Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees The Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees (STTK) (Finnish: Toimihenkilökeskusjärjestö) is a trade union confederation in Finland. It has a membership of 650,000 and represents salaried employees in Finland.
Finnish Council of State The Council of State (Finnish: Valtioneuvosto, Swedish: StatsrĂĄdet) is Finland's cabinet; it directs the Government of Finland. However, in governmental translations to English, the distinction is often blurred between cabinet and government in the wider sense that includes the Parliament of Finland, on which the cabinet is dependent, the governmental agencies directed by the Cabinet, and the independent judicial branch of government; although this distinction is significant.
Finnish Defence Forces The Finnish Defence Forces (Finnish Puolustusvoimat; Swedish Försvarsmakten) is a cadre army of 16500, of which 8700 professional soldiers (officers), with a standard readiness strength of 34,700 people in uniform (27,300 army, 3,000 navy, and 4,400 air force) at time of peace. Finland's defence budget equals about 1.
Finnish Democratic Republic The Finnish Democratic Republic (Finnish: Suomen Kansanvaltainen Tasavalta) was a short-lived Soviet puppet regime in those minor parts of Finland that were occupied by the Soviet Union during the Winter War. Its government was known under the name of the Terijoki Government.
Finnish euro coins Finnish euro coins have three designs, though two of them are each found on one coin only. The design for the minor and middle series of coins is by Heikki Häiväoja, the design for the 1 euro coin was done by Pertti Mäkinen and the national side of the 2 euro coin is by the hand of Raimo Heino.
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church was one of the Lutheran church bodies that merged into the Lutheran Church in America (LCA) in 1962. It was defined more by its Finnish ethnic origin than by any specific theological strain.
Finnish Film Foundation The Finnish Film Foundation (; ), is an independent foundation with the task of supporting and developing Finnish film production, distribution and exhibition. It is supervised by the Department for Cultural Policy in the Ministry of Education.
Finnish Forest Research Institute The Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metsäntutkimuslaitos), known as Metla, is a subordinate agency to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Government of Finland. It has statutory duties to promote, through research, the economical, ecological, and socially sustainable management and use of forests.
Finnish Governors-General Finland was officially a part of the Swedish Realm, also called Sweden-Finland, from 1352 until 1808. During that period the Finnish politicians and soldiers operated under the aspecies of the Swedish kings and queens.
Finnish hip hop Finnish hip hop music is an increasingly robust part of the Finnish music scene. While some crews based in Finland (Don Johnson Big Band, Nuera, Kwan) choose to record their rhymes in English, the majority use Finnish.
Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame The Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame is part of the Vapriikki Museum Centre in Tampere, Finland and was created in 1979 to honor those individuals that have contributed to Finnish ice hockey. The Hall has displays and memorabilia that depict the significant contributions of players, coaches, referees and other important figures in the sport.
Finnish immigration to North America During the late 19th century and early 20th century, over 300,000 people from Finland migrated to the United States and, to a lesser extent, Canada, in the search for a better life. While there had been a sporadic flow of immigration before the mid-19th century, the bulk of the migration did not start until about 1870.
Finnish Infantry Regiment 200 Infantry Regiment 200 (Fin.: Jalkaväkirykmentti 200, JR 200) was a unit of the Finnish army during World War II made up mostly of Estonian volunteers, who preferred to serve in the Finnish armed forces instead of the armed forces of Germany or the Soviet Union.
Finnish Institute for Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention Finnish Instititute for Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (VERIFIN) is an independent institute in Finland. It's located at the Department of Chemistry in the University of Helsinki Kumpula Campus.
Finnish Karelia Finnish Karelia, historically also Swedish Karelia or Carelia, is a historical province in eastern Finland. It refers to the western parts of Karelia that during the second millennium have been under western dominance, religiously and politically.
Finnish language ) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland] (92%CIA World Factbook: Finland) and by [[Finnish people|ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is also an official language in Finland and an official minority language in some parts of Sweden, in the form of standard Finnish as well as Meänkieli, and in Norway in the form of Kven.
Finnish locative system The Finnish language has eight locative cases, and some Eastern dialects symmetrify the system with the excessive case. These can be classified according to a three-way contrast of entering, residing and exiting a state, and there are three different systems of these cases.
Finnish Labour Temple The Finnish Labour Temple (also referred to as the "Big Finn Hall" or "The Finlandia Club") in Thunder Bay, Ontario located on 314 Bay Street in the Finnish quarter, is a Finnish-Canadian cultural and community centre and a local landmark. Built in 1910, the Finnish Labour Temple was at one point one of the largest workers' halls in Canada in addition to being the epicentre of Finnish cultural and political life in Northwestern Ontario.
Finnish Literature Society The Finnish Literature Society (Finnish: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura or SKS) was founded in 1831 to promote literature written in Finnish. Among its first publications was the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic.
Finnish military ranks Finnish military ranks form a system that incorporates features from Swedish, German, and Russian armed forces. In addition, it has some typically Finnish characteristics that are mostly due to the personnel structure of the Finnish Defence Forces.
Finnish mythology Finnish mythology has many features that it shares with other Finnic mythologies, like the Estonian mythology, and also elements similar with non-Finnic neighbours, especially the the Balts and the Scandinavians. Finnish and other Finnic mythologies are also slightly related to mythologies of other Fenno-Ugric speakers, like the Lapps.
Finnish Maiden The Maiden of Finland (Finnish: Suomi-neito) is the national personification of Finland, much as Marianne in France, Britannia in the United Kingdom, Deutscher Michel in Germany and Uncle Sam for the United States. She is a young woman in her mid-twenties with often braided blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing a blue and white national costume or a white dress.
Finnish Meteorological Institute The Finnish Meteorological Institute (, , or simply FMI) is the government agency responsible for gathering and reporting weather data and forecasts in Finland. It is a part of the Ministry of Transport and Communications (Finnish: Liikenne- ja viestintäministeriö) but it operates semi-autonomously.
Finnish Minister Secretary of State The Minister - Secretary of State for Finland (in Finnish Ministerivaltiosihteeri; in Swedish Ministerstatssekretar) represented Finnish interests in the Imperial Court in Saint Petersburg. Before 1834 the title was secretary of state.
Finnish national road 1 The Finnish national road 1 (Valtatie 1 in Finnish; Riksväg 1 in Swedish) is the main route between the major cities of Helsinki and Turku in southern Finland. It runs from the VI District of Turku to Munkkiniemi in Helsinki, and is part of the European route E18.
Finnish neopaganism Finnish neopaganism is an attempt to revive old Finnish paganism, a pre-Christian religion of Finland. Finnish paganism has died out during the millennia-long period while Finland has been a part of the Christian world.
Finnish National Gallery Finnish National Gallery is the largest art museum institution of Finland. It consists of the Ateneum art museum, the museum of contemporary art, Kiasma, the Sinebrychoff Art Museum and the Central Art Archives.
Finnish National Theatre The Finnish National Theatre (Finnish: Suomen Kansallisteatteri), founded in 1872 in the city of Pori, is located in central Helsinki on the northern side of the Helsinki Central Railway Station Square. It is the world's oldest theatre with performances in Finnish.
Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 The 2003 Finnish parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 16 March 2003, with the aim of determining the composition of the Finnish parliament, or Eduskunta, for the parliamentary period between 2003 and 2007. The largest winner of this election was the Centre Party (Keskusta) led by Anneli Jäätteenmäki, who passed the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) to become the largest party in the Eduskunta.
Finnish people The terms Finns and Finnish people are usually used in English to mean "a native or inhabitant of Finland", but they are also used to refer to the ethnic group historically associated with Finland or Fennoscandia, and they are only used in that sense here. Depending on the context, Finns and Finnish people in the sense of an ethnic group may be used with the intention of including or not including a) Swedish-speaking Finns, who are also called Finland Swedes, and b) the Finnish speakers that have lived in Sweden for centuries and Finns that immigrated recently, who are both also called Sweden Finns.
Finnish Paganism Finnish paganism was the indigenous pagan religion in present-day Finland and Karelia prior to Christianization. Finnish paganism shows many similarities with the neighboring cultures which practiced Germanic, Norse and Baltic paganism.
Finnish Party The Finnish Party is a predecessor of National Coalition Party of Finland, the so-called Party of the Old-Finnish, during the autonomy of Finland. Social reformism and conservatism were chief ideological bases, and of course the fennoman movement.
Finnish People's Blue-whites The Finnish People's Blue-whites (Finnish: Suomen Kansan Sinivalkoiset; Swedish: Finlands Folkets Blåvita) is a Finnish political party with a far-right nationalist agenda, led by the controvesial political figure Olavi Mäenpää. The party was founded in 1993, but it didn't become a registered political party until 2002.
Finnish People's Democratic League Finnish People's Democratic League (in Finnish: Suomen kansan demokraattinen liitto, SKDL, in Swedish: Demokratiska Förbundet för Finlands Folk, DFFF) was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party. It was founded in 1944 as the anti-communist laws in Finland were repealed, and lasted until 1990, when it merged into the newly formed Left Alliance.
Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic was a short-lived socialist state created after a socialist revolution on January 18 1918 that occurred in Finland in the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution. The revolution was led by the dominant militant faction of the Social Democratic Party of Finland led by Otto Ville Kuusinen.
Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters is a Finnish academy for natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. It is known in Latin as Societas Scientiarum Fennica, in Swedish as Finska Vetenskaps-Societeten, and in Finnish as Suomen Tiedeseura.
Finnish tango Finnish tango is an established variation of the Argentine tango and one of the most enduring and popular music forms in Finland. Brought to Europe in the 1910s by travelling musicians, Finns began to take up the form and write their own tangos in the 1930sBy the 1940s about half of the entries on the popular music charts were occupied by tangos, and the post war period saw tangos spread from a popular urban phenomenon to their enthusiastic adoption by the countryside as well.
Finnish Tatars The Finnish Tatar community, about 800 people, is recognized as a national minority by the government of Finland, which considers their language as a non-territorial language under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
Finnish units of measurement In Finland, approximate units of measure derived from body parts and were used for a long time, some being later standardised for the purpose of commerce. Some Swedish, and later some Russian units have also been used.
Finnish war children During World War II some 70,000 children were evacuated from Finland to Scandinavia, chiefly to Sweden. Most were evacuated during the Continuation War to ease the situation for their parents who set out to rebuild their homes in the re-conquered Karelia returning from the evacuation of Finnish Karelia.
Finnish War The Finnish War was fought between Sweden and Russia from February 1808 to September 1809. As a result of the war, the eastern third of Sweden was established as the semi-autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland, according to the Finns a personal union with Imperial Russia.
Finnish Workers' Sports Federation The Finnish Workers' Sports Federation (Finnish Suomen Työväen Urheiluliitto or TUL) is a Finnish amateur sports organisation, with a strong labour union background. It is affiliated with the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) as well as the Social Democratic Party of Finland.
Finnish-Canadian Finnish-Canadians are Canadians of Finnish descent, who according to the 2001 census number over 114 000. Finns started coming to Canada in the early 1880s, and in much larger numbers in the early 20th century and well into the mid-20th century.
Finnish-Swedish relations Finnish-Swedish relations have a long history, due to the close relationship between Finland and Sweden. Particularly in Finland, the issue emerges in frequent exposés of Finnish history, and in motives for governmental proposals and actions as reported in Finnish news broadcasts in English or other foreign languages.
Finnlines Finnlines (Oy Finnlines Ltd) is a Finnish shipping company that operates freight all over Northern Europe as well as passenger services in the Baltic Sea. In the past Finnlines has operated ships under the brands Finncarriers, Finnflow Systems, Finnjet Lines, and FG Shipping Oy Ab.
Finnmark Finnmark (Sami: Finnmárkku; Finnish: Ruija) is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway, bordering Troms county to the west, Finland (Lapland) to the south and Russia (Murmansk Oblast) to the east. The county was formerly known as Vardøhus amt.
Finns Point Finns Point is a small strategic promontory at the southwest corner of the New Jersey peninsula, on the east bank of the Delaware River near its mouth on Delaware Bay. Due to a geographic curiosity, most of it is located in Salem County, New Jersey though part of it lies in New Castle County, Delaware, approximately 10 mi (16 km) south of Wilmington, Delaware, and about 5 mi (8 km) northwest of the mouth of the Salem River on the New Jersey bank of the Delaware.
Finnskogen Finnskogen ("Forest of the Finns") is an area of Norway situated in the county of Hedmark, named so because of immigration of Finnish people in the 17th century, the so-called Skogfinner ("Forest Finns").
Finnstick Finnstick is the name given by birdwatchers to a stick used to support binoculars. The other end of the stick is steadily attached to the binoculars while the other end rests against the belly (some say, the bigger the better).
Finnvox Studios Finnvox Studios is a recording studio located in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 1965 as the first dedicated and professional recording studio in Finland, it was built to meet the increasing demands and changing requirements of the record industry.
Fino Fino ('fine' in Spanish) is the driest and palest of the traditional varieties of sherry. It is drunk comparatively young, and unlike the sweeter varieties should be drunk soon after the bottle is opened as exposure to air can cause them to lose their flavour within hours.
Finola Hackett Finola Mei Hwa Hackett is a teenager from Tofield, Alberta, Canada who finished second in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee after tying for eleventh in the 2005 Bee. For her runner-up finish, Hackett left with prizes totalling $12,000 (US).
Finola Hughes Finola Hughes (born 29 October, 1960 in London) is an English actress of Irish and Italian extraction who is best known for her portrayal of Anna Devane on the soap operas General Hospital and All My Children, and her portrayal of Anna Devane's identical twin sister, Dr. Alexandra Devane Marick, on All My Children.
Finsbury Central (UK Parliament constituency) Finsbury Central was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Finsbury district of North London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Finsbury East (UK Parliament constituency) Finsbury East was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Finsbury district of North London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Finsbury Park Finsbury Park is a place in London, England, at the junction of the London Boroughs of Islington, Haringey and Hackney. The park itself is in the borough of Haringey, with the border between Haringey and Hackney running along the Seven Sisters Road (the A503) to its south-east.
Finsbury railway line, Adelaide The Finsbury railway line is a defunct railway in north western Adelaide which was used mainly for industrial purposes in the 20th century. It ran through the suburbs of Woodville, Woodville North, Pennington and Ottoway, connecting the Outer Harbor railway with the Dry Creek to Port Adelaide railway.
Finsen (crater) Finsen is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere, on the Moon's far side. It is attached to the southeastern exterior of the Leibnitz walled-plain, and the ejecta from Finsen covers the southeastern part of the Leibnitz interior floor.
Finsch (crater) Finsch is a relatively small lunar crater that has been completely covered by the maria, forming a ghost-crater in the lava plain. It is located in the mid-part of Mare Serenitatis, to the south-southeast of Sarabhai crater.
Finsch's Wheatear The Finsch's Wheatear, Oenanthe finschii , is a wheatear, a small insectivorous passerine that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.
Finsler manifold In mathematics, particularly differential geometry, a Finsler manifold is a differentiable manifold M with a Banach norm defined over each tangent space such that the Banach norm as a function of position is smooth, usually it is assumed to satisfy the following condition:
Finsnechta Cethardec mac Cellach Finsnechta Cethardec mac Cellach was the second of ten Kings of Leinster to be inaugurated and based on Lyons Hill, Ardclough, County Kildare, a member of the UĂ DĂşnchada, one of three septs of the UĂ DĂşnlainge dynasty which rotated the kingship of Leinster between 750-1050, significant in County Kildare History. In 806 High King Aed Oirdnide mac NĂ©ill invaded Laighin, Finsnechtae was deposed but regained his kingdom until his death in 808 causing dynastic strife and a further invasion of the High King.
Finsoft Finsoft is a software company, established in 1995, who provide software solutions and real-time transactional and information management systems to major investment banks as well as some of the most advanced bookmaking operators in world.
FinSock FinSock is a select suite of simple, web-based solutions web-application allowing business owners enterprise mobility for a small monthly subscription fee. Enterprise mobility is the ability to securely access all of your critical business information from any computer through the internet.
Finta Finta is a Brazilian sportswear brand founded in 1987 that supplies especially soccer teams with sports apparel. Other significant sports which Finta provides sportswear in Brazil are volleyball and basketball.
Fintan In Irish mythology Fintan mac BĂłchra, known as "the Wise", was a seer who accompanied Noah's granddaughter Cessair to Ireland before the deluge. BĂłchra may be his mother, or may be a poetic reference to the sea.
Fintan Coyle Fintan Coyle (born 1964) is a doctor and comedy writer who devised the original idea for The Weakest Link in 2000, it has since become a huge television hit in many countries. He also wrote the black medical comedy TLC which starred Reece Shearsmith (from The League of Gentlemen) and Alexander Armstrong.
Finley Stadium Finley Stadium Davenport Field is the home stadium for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team, the NCAA Division I-AA national football championship, UTC soccer, and various high school sports and musical concerts. It's located in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Finmere Finmere is an English village in Oxfordshire, very close to the border with Buckinghamshire. At the center of the village is a fourteenth century church and a section of the Roman road runs through the eastern side of the village.
Finn Carter Finn Carter (born Elizabeth Fearn Carter on March 8,1960) is an American actress. She is the daughter of former (during the late 1970s) United States State Department Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Hodding Carter.
Finn Døssing Finn Døssing Jensen (born 27 April, 1941 in Viborg, Jutland) is a former Danish football player most famous for his spell in Scotland at Dundee United in the 1960s. He is one of the greatest goalscorers ever at the club, where he remains hugely popular.
Finn Eces Finn Eces (Finneces, Finegas, Finnegas) is a legendary Irish poet and sage, according to the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. He is the teacher of Fionn mac Cumhaill, according to the tale The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn.
Finn Family Moomintroll Finn Family Moomintroll (Swedish title Trollkarlens hatt) is the second in the series of Tove Jansson's Moomins books, published in 1948. Both the Austrian/Polish and the Japanese animated television series were largely based on the events of this novel.
Finn Gustavsen Finn Gustavsen (born April 22, 1926 in Drammen - died July 20, 2005) was a Norwegian socialist politician active from 1945 to the late 1970s. He was noted for his uncompromising style and willingness to take contrarian stands.
Finn Junge-Jensen The president of Copenhagen Business School who is responsible for major budget deficits in the school's budget. The shortage, about 28 million DKK, resulted in various cost cuttings; however, so far they don't have been effective enough.
Finn Kristensen Finn Kristensen (1936-) was Norwegian Minister of Industry in 1981, 1986-1987 and 1988-1989, Minister of Petroleum and Energy 1990-1992, Minister of Industry again in 1992, and Minister of Industry and Trade in 1993.
Finn Laudrup Finn Laudrup (born July 31, 1945) is a former Danish professional football (soccer) player, who represented the Denmark national football team himself in 20 matches, and scored 6 goals. He is the father of former Denmark national team players Michael Laudrup and Brian Laudrup, and is also the brother-in law of football manager Ebbe Skovdahl.
Finn Tugwell Finn Tugwell (born March 18, 1976) is a Danish table tennis professional. He pairs up with Danish Michael Maze in double, with whom he won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, beating the Russian pair Mazunov/Smirnov.
Finn Wagle Finn Wagle (born June 19 1941 in Oslo, Norway) is the current bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros in the Church of Norway. He is also the current preses (primas inter pares, “first among equals”) and thus presiding in the Bishop’s Conference in the Church of Norway.
Finnair Finnair is Finland's largest airline and the national flag carrier. Its headquarters are located in Vantaa, Finland with its main hub at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport Finnair and its subsidiary companies dominate both the domestic and international air travel markets in Finland.
Finnair Cargo Finnair Cargo is Finnair's cargo carrier, based in Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, where it has one of the largest air cargo terminals in Northern Europe, called Helsinki Gateway. Annually Finnair Cargo carries over 120,000 tons of freight.
Finnair destinations Finnair flies to Asia, Europe and North America from its base at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport as well as operating domestic flights in Finland. In addition to scheduled destinations listed here, Finnair operates charter flights to a variety of destination - also to Africa and South America.
Finncon Finncon is the largest science fiction convention in Finland and, with up to 5000 participants, one of the largests SF conventions in Europe. Finncon is unique among SF conventions because it has no participation/membership fee.
Finne Jager Finne Jager, born in Nieuwegein, (The Netherlands) on December 6th 1984, is an up-and-coming trance music DJ. He is commonly known by the pseudonym Phynn, and he is currently gaining popularity through promotion by DJ's such as Tiesto, Ferry Corsten, and Armin van Buuren.
Finnegan the Poet Finnegan the Poet (born March 17, 1969) is a bisexual queer American expatriate poet, writer and performance artist of Afro-Caribbean, Irish and Cuban descent. Originally from New York City he is on tour and is presently touring across the United States, after four years abroad in Europe .
Finnegan's Wake "Finnegan's Wake" is a ballad which arose in perhaps the 1850s in the vaudeville tradition of comical Irish songs. It is famous for being the basis of James Joyce's masterwork, Finnegans Wake, where the comic resurrection becomes symbolic of a universal cycle of life.
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, commonly known as Finnegan Henderson, or just Finnegan, was founded on March 1, 1965 by Marc Finnegan and Douglas Henderson, and is currently one of the largest law firms focusing exclusively on the practice of intellectual property law in the United States of America.
Finnegans Wake Finnegans Wake, published in 1939, is James Joyce's final novel. Following the publication of Ulysses in 1922, Joyce began working on the "Wake" and by 1924 installments of what was then known as Work in Progress began to appear.
Finnerty Gardens Finnerty Garden is a Canadian renowned woodland garden located on and maintained by the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia. It's biggest feature is the sizeable collection of rhododendrons artfully placed throughout the 6.
Finnesburg Fragment The Finnesburg Fragment is a fragment of an Old English poem of the type called a leoĂ°, or "lay." The existing text is a transcript of a loose manuscript folio that was once kept at Lambeth Palace, the London residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury; the manuscript was almost certainly Lambeth Library MS 487.
Finnfight Finnfight or Scandinavian open NHB Championships (SNC) is an annual mixed martial arts competition in Turku, Finland. Contrary to most other mixed martial arts organizations and competitions, elbow strikes, knee strikes and headbutts from any position are legal.
FinnFestUSA FinnFestUSA is a summer festival held annually in locations throughout the United States of America. Aiming to celebrate Finland, Finnish America, and Finnish culture, the festival is organized by a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation with a national office maintained by its president, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Finnhorse The Finnhorse or Finnish Horse (Finnish: suomenhevonen, pet name: suokki) belongs to general horse breeds, having both warmblood and heavier draft blood influence and characteristics. The breed is also called the Finnish Universal in English, because it is said to fulfill all needs for horses in Finland, from agricultural work to speedy harness races to riding.
Finnic peoples The term Finnic peoples (Fennic, sometimes Baltic-Finnic) refers to peoples speaking the closely related Finnic languages (also known as Balto-Finnic languages). A Finnic language is the largest language in Finland (Finnish) and Estonia (Estonian).
Finningley Finningley is a village in England which lies on the A614, about six miles from the centre of Doncaster, at , and at an elevation of around 7 metres above sea level. Since 1974 it has been part of the metropolitan borough of Doncaster of the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, but it lies within the historic county boundaries of Nottinghamshire.
Finnish Academy of Science and Letters The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Finnish Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia; Latin Academia Scientiarum Fennica) is a Finnish learned society. It was founded in 1908 as a Finnish-language counterpart of the Swedish-language Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, which had existed since 1838.
Finnish Air Force The Finnish Air Force (FAF) (Finnish: Ilmavoimat) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. Its peacetime tasks are airspace surveillance, identification flights, and production of readiness formations for wartime conditions'.
Finnish American Finnish Americans are Americans of Finnish descent, who currently number at about 700,000. Finns first started coming to the United States in large numbers in the late 19th century, and continued until the mid 20th century.
Finnish Border Guard The Border Guard (Finnish: Rajavartiolaitos, Swedish: Gränsbevakningsväsendet) of Finland is the Finnish security authority responsible for the border security. It is a military organization, subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior in administrational issues and to the President of the Republic in issues pertaing to her authority as Commander-in-Chief (e.
Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees The Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees (STTK) (Finnish: Toimihenkilökeskusjärjestö) is a trade union confederation in Finland. It has a membership of 650,000 and represents salaried employees in Finland.
Finnish Council of State The Council of State (Finnish: Valtioneuvosto, Swedish: StatsrĂĄdet) is Finland's cabinet; it directs the Government of Finland. However, in governmental translations to English, the distinction is often blurred between cabinet and government in the wider sense that includes the Parliament of Finland, on which the cabinet is dependent, the governmental agencies directed by the Cabinet, and the independent judicial branch of government; although this distinction is significant.
Finnish Defence Forces The Finnish Defence Forces (Finnish Puolustusvoimat; Swedish Försvarsmakten) is a cadre army of 16500, of which 8700 professional soldiers (officers), with a standard readiness strength of 34,700 people in uniform (27,300 army, 3,000 navy, and 4,400 air force) at time of peace. Finland's defence budget equals about 1.
Finnish Democratic Republic The Finnish Democratic Republic (Finnish: Suomen Kansanvaltainen Tasavalta) was a short-lived Soviet puppet regime in those minor parts of Finland that were occupied by the Soviet Union during the Winter War. Its government was known under the name of the Terijoki Government.
Finnish euro coins Finnish euro coins have three designs, though two of them are each found on one coin only. The design for the minor and middle series of coins is by Heikki Häiväoja, the design for the 1 euro coin was done by Pertti Mäkinen and the national side of the 2 euro coin is by the hand of Raimo Heino.
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church was one of the Lutheran church bodies that merged into the Lutheran Church in America (LCA) in 1962. It was defined more by its Finnish ethnic origin than by any specific theological strain.
Finnish Film Foundation The Finnish Film Foundation (; ), is an independent foundation with the task of supporting and developing Finnish film production, distribution and exhibition. It is supervised by the Department for Cultural Policy in the Ministry of Education.
Finnish Forest Research Institute The Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metsäntutkimuslaitos), known as Metla, is a subordinate agency to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Government of Finland. It has statutory duties to promote, through research, the economical, ecological, and socially sustainable management and use of forests.
Finnish Governors-General Finland was officially a part of the Swedish Realm, also called Sweden-Finland, from 1352 until 1808. During that period the Finnish politicians and soldiers operated under the aspecies of the Swedish kings and queens.
Finnish hip hop Finnish hip hop music is an increasingly robust part of the Finnish music scene. While some crews based in Finland (Don Johnson Big Band, Nuera, Kwan) choose to record their rhymes in English, the majority use Finnish.
Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame The Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame is part of the Vapriikki Museum Centre in Tampere, Finland and was created in 1979 to honor those individuals that have contributed to Finnish ice hockey. The Hall has displays and memorabilia that depict the significant contributions of players, coaches, referees and other important figures in the sport.
Finnish immigration to North America During the late 19th century and early 20th century, over 300,000 people from Finland migrated to the United States and, to a lesser extent, Canada, in the search for a better life. While there had been a sporadic flow of immigration before the mid-19th century, the bulk of the migration did not start until about 1870.
Finnish Infantry Regiment 200 Infantry Regiment 200 (Fin.: Jalkaväkirykmentti 200, JR 200) was a unit of the Finnish army during World War II made up mostly of Estonian volunteers, who preferred to serve in the Finnish armed forces instead of the armed forces of Germany or the Soviet Union.
Finnish Institute for Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention Finnish Instititute for Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (VERIFIN) is an independent institute in Finland. It's located at the Department of Chemistry in the University of Helsinki Kumpula Campus.
Finnish Karelia Finnish Karelia, historically also Swedish Karelia or Carelia, is a historical province in eastern Finland. It refers to the western parts of Karelia that during the second millennium have been under western dominance, religiously and politically.
Finnish language ) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland] (92%CIA World Factbook: Finland) and by [[Finnish people|ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is also an official language in Finland and an official minority language in some parts of Sweden, in the form of standard Finnish as well as Meänkieli, and in Norway in the form of Kven.
Finnish locative system The Finnish language has eight locative cases, and some Eastern dialects symmetrify the system with the excessive case. These can be classified according to a three-way contrast of entering, residing and exiting a state, and there are three different systems of these cases.
Finnish Labour Temple The Finnish Labour Temple (also referred to as the "Big Finn Hall" or "The Finlandia Club") in Thunder Bay, Ontario located on 314 Bay Street in the Finnish quarter, is a Finnish-Canadian cultural and community centre and a local landmark. Built in 1910, the Finnish Labour Temple was at one point one of the largest workers' halls in Canada in addition to being the epicentre of Finnish cultural and political life in Northwestern Ontario.
Finnish Literature Society The Finnish Literature Society (Finnish: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura or SKS) was founded in 1831 to promote literature written in Finnish. Among its first publications was the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic.
Finnish military ranks Finnish military ranks form a system that incorporates features from Swedish, German, and Russian armed forces. In addition, it has some typically Finnish characteristics that are mostly due to the personnel structure of the Finnish Defence Forces.
Finnish mythology Finnish mythology has many features that it shares with other Finnic mythologies, like the Estonian mythology, and also elements similar with non-Finnic neighbours, especially the the Balts and the Scandinavians. Finnish and other Finnic mythologies are also slightly related to mythologies of other Fenno-Ugric speakers, like the Lapps.
Finnish Maiden The Maiden of Finland (Finnish: Suomi-neito) is the national personification of Finland, much as Marianne in France, Britannia in the United Kingdom, Deutscher Michel in Germany and Uncle Sam for the United States. She is a young woman in her mid-twenties with often braided blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing a blue and white national costume or a white dress.
Finnish Meteorological Institute The Finnish Meteorological Institute (, , or simply FMI) is the government agency responsible for gathering and reporting weather data and forecasts in Finland. It is a part of the Ministry of Transport and Communications (Finnish: Liikenne- ja viestintäministeriö) but it operates semi-autonomously.
Finnish Minister Secretary of State The Minister - Secretary of State for Finland (in Finnish Ministerivaltiosihteeri; in Swedish Ministerstatssekretar) represented Finnish interests in the Imperial Court in Saint Petersburg. Before 1834 the title was secretary of state.
Finnish national road 1 The Finnish national road 1 (Valtatie 1 in Finnish; Riksväg 1 in Swedish) is the main route between the major cities of Helsinki and Turku in southern Finland. It runs from the VI District of Turku to Munkkiniemi in Helsinki, and is part of the European route E18.
Finnish neopaganism Finnish neopaganism is an attempt to revive old Finnish paganism, a pre-Christian religion of Finland. Finnish paganism has died out during the millennia-long period while Finland has been a part of the Christian world.
Finnish National Gallery Finnish National Gallery is the largest art museum institution of Finland. It consists of the Ateneum art museum, the museum of contemporary art, Kiasma, the Sinebrychoff Art Museum and the Central Art Archives.
Finnish National Theatre The Finnish National Theatre (Finnish: Suomen Kansallisteatteri), founded in 1872 in the city of Pori, is located in central Helsinki on the northern side of the Helsinki Central Railway Station Square. It is the world's oldest theatre with performances in Finnish.
Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 The 2003 Finnish parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 16 March 2003, with the aim of determining the composition of the Finnish parliament, or Eduskunta, for the parliamentary period between 2003 and 2007. The largest winner of this election was the Centre Party (Keskusta) led by Anneli Jäätteenmäki, who passed the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) to become the largest party in the Eduskunta.
Finnish people The terms Finns and Finnish people are usually used in English to mean "a native or inhabitant of Finland", but they are also used to refer to the ethnic group historically associated with Finland or Fennoscandia, and they are only used in that sense here. Depending on the context, Finns and Finnish people in the sense of an ethnic group may be used with the intention of including or not including a) Swedish-speaking Finns, who are also called Finland Swedes, and b) the Finnish speakers that have lived in Sweden for centuries and Finns that immigrated recently, who are both also called Sweden Finns.
Finnish Paganism Finnish paganism was the indigenous pagan religion in present-day Finland and Karelia prior to Christianization. Finnish paganism shows many similarities with the neighboring cultures which practiced Germanic, Norse and Baltic paganism.
Finnish Party The Finnish Party is a predecessor of National Coalition Party of Finland, the so-called Party of the Old-Finnish, during the autonomy of Finland. Social reformism and conservatism were chief ideological bases, and of course the fennoman movement.
Finnish People's Blue-whites The Finnish People's Blue-whites (Finnish: Suomen Kansan Sinivalkoiset; Swedish: Finlands Folkets Blåvita) is a Finnish political party with a far-right nationalist agenda, led by the controvesial political figure Olavi Mäenpää. The party was founded in 1993, but it didn't become a registered political party until 2002.
Finnish People's Democratic League Finnish People's Democratic League (in Finnish: Suomen kansan demokraattinen liitto, SKDL, in Swedish: Demokratiska Förbundet för Finlands Folk, DFFF) was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party. It was founded in 1944 as the anti-communist laws in Finland were repealed, and lasted until 1990, when it merged into the newly formed Left Alliance.
Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic was a short-lived socialist state created after a socialist revolution on January 18 1918 that occurred in Finland in the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution. The revolution was led by the dominant militant faction of the Social Democratic Party of Finland led by Otto Ville Kuusinen.
Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters is a Finnish academy for natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. It is known in Latin as Societas Scientiarum Fennica, in Swedish as Finska Vetenskaps-Societeten, and in Finnish as Suomen Tiedeseura.
Finnish tango Finnish tango is an established variation of the Argentine tango and one of the most enduring and popular music forms in Finland. Brought to Europe in the 1910s by travelling musicians, Finns began to take up the form and write their own tangos in the 1930sBy the 1940s about half of the entries on the popular music charts were occupied by tangos, and the post war period saw tangos spread from a popular urban phenomenon to their enthusiastic adoption by the countryside as well.
Finnish Tatars The Finnish Tatar community, about 800 people, is recognized as a national minority by the government of Finland, which considers their language as a non-territorial language under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
Finnish units of measurement In Finland, approximate units of measure derived from body parts and were used for a long time, some being later standardised for the purpose of commerce. Some Swedish, and later some Russian units have also been used.
Finnish war children During World War II some 70,000 children were evacuated from Finland to Scandinavia, chiefly to Sweden. Most were evacuated during the Continuation War to ease the situation for their parents who set out to rebuild their homes in the re-conquered Karelia returning from the evacuation of Finnish Karelia.
Finnish War The Finnish War was fought between Sweden and Russia from February 1808 to September 1809. As a result of the war, the eastern third of Sweden was established as the semi-autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland, according to the Finns a personal union with Imperial Russia.
Finnish Workers' Sports Federation The Finnish Workers' Sports Federation (Finnish Suomen Työväen Urheiluliitto or TUL) is a Finnish amateur sports organisation, with a strong labour union background. It is affiliated with the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) as well as the Social Democratic Party of Finland.
Finnish-Canadian Finnish-Canadians are Canadians of Finnish descent, who according to the 2001 census number over 114 000. Finns started coming to Canada in the early 1880s, and in much larger numbers in the early 20th century and well into the mid-20th century.
Finnish-Swedish relations Finnish-Swedish relations have a long history, due to the close relationship between Finland and Sweden. Particularly in Finland, the issue emerges in frequent exposés of Finnish history, and in motives for governmental proposals and actions as reported in Finnish news broadcasts in English or other foreign languages.
Finnlines Finnlines (Oy Finnlines Ltd) is a Finnish shipping company that operates freight all over Northern Europe as well as passenger services in the Baltic Sea. In the past Finnlines has operated ships under the brands Finncarriers, Finnflow Systems, Finnjet Lines, and FG Shipping Oy Ab.
Finnmark Finnmark (Sami: Finnmárkku; Finnish: Ruija) is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway, bordering Troms county to the west, Finland (Lapland) to the south and Russia (Murmansk Oblast) to the east. The county was formerly known as Vardøhus amt.
Finns Point Finns Point is a small strategic promontory at the southwest corner of the New Jersey peninsula, on the east bank of the Delaware River near its mouth on Delaware Bay. Due to a geographic curiosity, most of it is located in Salem County, New Jersey though part of it lies in New Castle County, Delaware, approximately 10 mi (16 km) south of Wilmington, Delaware, and about 5 mi (8 km) northwest of the mouth of the Salem River on the New Jersey bank of the Delaware.
Finnskogen Finnskogen ("Forest of the Finns") is an area of Norway situated in the county of Hedmark, named so because of immigration of Finnish people in the 17th century, the so-called Skogfinner ("Forest Finns").
Finnstick Finnstick is the name given by birdwatchers to a stick used to support binoculars. The other end of the stick is steadily attached to the binoculars while the other end rests against the belly (some say, the bigger the better).
Finnvox Studios Finnvox Studios is a recording studio located in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 1965 as the first dedicated and professional recording studio in Finland, it was built to meet the increasing demands and changing requirements of the record industry.
Fino Fino ('fine' in Spanish) is the driest and palest of the traditional varieties of sherry. It is drunk comparatively young, and unlike the sweeter varieties should be drunk soon after the bottle is opened as exposure to air can cause them to lose their flavour within hours.
Finola Hackett Finola Mei Hwa Hackett is a teenager from Tofield, Alberta, Canada who finished second in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee after tying for eleventh in the 2005 Bee. For her runner-up finish, Hackett left with prizes totalling $12,000 (US).
Finola Hughes Finola Hughes (born 29 October, 1960 in London) is an English actress of Irish and Italian extraction who is best known for her portrayal of Anna Devane on the soap operas General Hospital and All My Children, and her portrayal of Anna Devane's identical twin sister, Dr. Alexandra Devane Marick, on All My Children.
Finsbury Central (UK Parliament constituency) Finsbury Central was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Finsbury district of North London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Finsbury East (UK Parliament constituency) Finsbury East was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Finsbury district of North London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Finsbury Park Finsbury Park is a place in London, England, at the junction of the London Boroughs of Islington, Haringey and Hackney. The park itself is in the borough of Haringey, with the border between Haringey and Hackney running along the Seven Sisters Road (the A503) to its south-east.
Finsbury railway line, Adelaide The Finsbury railway line is a defunct railway in north western Adelaide which was used mainly for industrial purposes in the 20th century. It ran through the suburbs of Woodville, Woodville North, Pennington and Ottoway, connecting the Outer Harbor railway with the Dry Creek to Port Adelaide railway.
Finsen (crater) Finsen is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere, on the Moon's far side. It is attached to the southeastern exterior of the Leibnitz walled-plain, and the ejecta from Finsen covers the southeastern part of the Leibnitz interior floor.
Finsch (crater) Finsch is a relatively small lunar crater that has been completely covered by the maria, forming a ghost-crater in the lava plain. It is located in the mid-part of Mare Serenitatis, to the south-southeast of Sarabhai crater.
Finsch's Wheatear The Finsch's Wheatear, Oenanthe finschii , is a wheatear, a small insectivorous passerine that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.
Finsler manifold In mathematics, particularly differential geometry, a Finsler manifold is a differentiable manifold M with a Banach norm defined over each tangent space such that the Banach norm as a function of position is smooth, usually it is assumed to satisfy the following condition:
Finsnechta Cethardec mac Cellach Finsnechta Cethardec mac Cellach was the second of ten Kings of Leinster to be inaugurated and based on Lyons Hill, Ardclough, County Kildare, a member of the UĂ DĂşnchada, one of three septs of the UĂ DĂşnlainge dynasty which rotated the kingship of Leinster between 750-1050, significant in County Kildare History. In 806 High King Aed Oirdnide mac NĂ©ill invaded Laighin, Finsnechtae was deposed but regained his kingdom until his death in 808 causing dynastic strife and a further invasion of the High King.
Finsoft Finsoft is a software company, established in 1995, who provide software solutions and real-time transactional and information management systems to major investment banks as well as some of the most advanced bookmaking operators in world.
FinSock FinSock is a select suite of simple, web-based solutions web-application allowing business owners enterprise mobility for a small monthly subscription fee. Enterprise mobility is the ability to securely access all of your critical business information from any computer through the internet.
Finta Finta is a Brazilian sportswear brand founded in 1987 that supplies especially soccer teams with sports apparel. Other significant sports which Finta provides sportswear in Brazil are volleyball and basketball.
Fintan In Irish mythology Fintan mac BĂłchra, known as "the Wise", was a seer who accompanied Noah's granddaughter Cessair to Ireland before the deluge. BĂłchra may be his mother, or may be a poetic reference to the sea.
Fintan Coyle Fintan Coyle (born 1964) is a doctor and comedy writer who devised the original idea for The Weakest Link in 2000, it has since become a huge television hit in many countries. He also wrote the black medical comedy TLC which starred Reece Shearsmith (from The League of Gentlemen) and Alexander Armstrong.
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