FIANNA

Meaning of FIANNA in English

ˈfēənə noun plural

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Irish Gaelic fianna, fēinne, plural of fiann band of Fenians

: fenians

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

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