FINNAN


Meaning of FINNAN in English

/ ˈfɪnən; NAmE / (also ˌfinnan ˈhaddock ) noun

[ U , C ] a type of smoked haddock (= a type of fish)

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WORD ORIGIN

early 18th cent.: alteration of Findon , the name of a fishing village near Aberdeen in Scotland, but sometimes confused with the Scottish river and village of Findhorn .

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