• The name Finn is an ethnonym that in ancient times usually referred to the Sámi peoples, but now refers almost exclusively to the Finns. The probable cognates...
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  • a citizen of Finland Finn (ethnonym), an ethnonym for multiple Northern European peoples Finn Lake, Minnesota, United States Finn Township, Logan County...
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    suggests that the proto-Sámi and Proto-Finns had a lifestyle more akin to Tacitus' description. Finn (ethnonym) Finnic Sitones Finningia Tacitus G.46...
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  • interpretation associates this ethnonym with fen in a more toponymical approach. Yet another theory postulates that the words Finn and Kven are cognates. The...
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  • Demonym (section Ethnonyms)
    territorially defined groups of people, demonyms are semantically different from ethnonyms (names of ethnic groups). In the English language, there are many polysemic...
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    interpretations associate the ethnonym "Finns" with fen in a more toponymical approach. Yet another theory postulates that the words finn and kven are cognates...
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    Chukhna (category Baltic Finns)
    term for some Finnic peoples: Finns, Estonians, Karelians, Ingrian Finns. It is thought to be a derivative from the ethnonym Chud. The 18th century Linguarum...
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    The Volga Finns are a historical group of peoples living in the vicinity of the Volga, who speak Uralic languages. Their modern representatives are the...
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  • Nigger (category Ethnonyms of African Americans)
    of literature (as in Mark Twain's 1884 book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) and in more recent cultural productions (such as Quentin Tarantino's 1994...
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    Ukrainians (section Ethnonym)
    known as Little Russians, named after the territory of Little Russia. The ethnonym Ukrainian (a term associated with the Cossack Hetmanate) was adopted following...
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