linja
Pronunciation: /ˈlinjɑ/
“linja” is a Finnish word. Its 12 meanings in English:
noun
- line (a connected set of points, e.g. a path acting as a boundary)
- line (a path regularly used by a mode of transportation; connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.)
- line (telephone, network or electrical connection, often but not necessarily physical)
- policy, line (principle of behaviour, conduct, or relationship towards something)
- outline, contour (e.g. when describing the shape of something)
- line (series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person)
- line (demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces)
- curriculum, study program
- file (vertical line of squares)
- line (products or services sold by a business, or the business itself)
- line (population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup)
- an obsolete Finnish unit of measurement for length equal to 1/12th of a tuuma or around 2.062 millimeters; comparable to imperial line
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Swedish linia (compare modern Swedish linje), from Latin līnea.
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More Finnish words
- lingvistijuristi
- lingvistikko
- lingvistinen
- linimentti
- linja-auto
- linja-autoasema
- linja-autokaista
- linja-autoliikenne
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