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Finnair
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English
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Etymology
From en Finn air, introduced as a brand name of the airline Aero Oy in 1953. In 1968 the name Aero was changed to Finnair.
Pronunciation
en /fɪ.nɛə(ɹ)/
en thin air th-fronting
Proper noun
A Finnish airline.
en 1983 Nils-Aslak Valkeapää Beverley Wahl Greetings from Lapland: The Sami, Europe's forgotten people Zed Press But all the same, pay attention to one thing which is a part of human existence: on a trip by Finnair from Helsinki to New York you can listen to all kinds of music.
en 1984 John E. Gardner Icebreaker Penguin Group 0425067645 10 “Yes,” Bond confirmed, “here in Helsinki. Unless Finnair got it wrong.” “Finnair are like homing pigeons,” she laughed. “They don’t often get it wrong.”
en 1990 Douglas Terman Enemy Territory Bantam Books 0553286137 94 The Finnair employee leafed through the red pages, punched an entry into her computer and bent down to read the output.
en 2004 Ron Rubin Anything for a T-Shirt: Fred Lebow and the New York City Marathon, the World's Greatest Footrace Syracuse University Press 0815608063 43 Seeking cachet for his race, Lebow wanted to sign up top foreign runners, but his international contacts at the time consisted more of Hong Kong dress manufacturers than global running clubs. After convincing sponsor Finnair to bring over Finland's Pekka Paivarinta, Lebow turned for leads to the one solid international runner he actually knew—England's Chris Stewart—who was indebted to Lebow on two accounts: professionally,
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Finnish
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Etymology
First adopted in 1953, as an abbreviation of Finnish Airlines.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Finnair
Declension
sg 0 Finnair a
Synonyms
Aero archaic, name used until 1968
fi Finski colloquial
Derived terms
fi Finski
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