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Finlayson, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 314
Housing Units (2000): 136
Land area (2000): 2.751585 sq. miles (7.126572 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.171953 sq. miles (0.445355 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.923538 sq. miles (7.571927 sq. km)
FIPS code: 21122
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 46.201498 N, 92.918960 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 55735
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Finlayson

Finlayson may refer to:

People:

  • Finlayson (surname)

Places:

  • Finlayson, Minnesota, United States
  • Finlayson Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States
  • Finlayson Lake Airport in Yukon, Canada

In fiction:

  • Baby Face Finlayson, a fictional character in the UK comic strip The Beano

Other:

  • Finlayson (company), a Finnish textile company
Finlayson (surname)

Finlayson is a surname of Scottish origin. It is a patronymic form of the name Finlay.

People surnamed Finlayson include:

  • Alan Finlayson , British political and social theorist
  • Alex Finlayson (born 1951), American playwright
  • Alex Finlayson (actor) (1917–2000) , American film actor in D-Day the Sixth of June (1956), Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959), etc.
  • Chris Finlayson (born 1956), New Zealand politician
  • George Finlayson (1790–1823), Scottish naturalist and traveler
  • Graham Finlayson (1932–1999), British photographer
  • Hugh Finlayson (1810–1889), Ontario businessman and politician
  • Innes Finlayson (1889-1980), New Zealand Rugby union player
  • James Finlayson (industrialist) (1771–1852), Scottish industrialist
  • Jimmy Finlayson (1887–1953), Scottish-American actor
  • Paul Finlayson (born 1950), American engineer at JPL
  • Rob Finlayson, Manitoba judge
  • William Finlayson (churchman) South Australian pioneer and head of notable Adelaide family
Finlayson (company)

Finlayson Oy is a Finnish textile manufacturer. The company was founded in 1820 when James Finlayson, a Scottish engineer, established a cotton mill in Tampere. The company manufactures various interior textiles and sleep products under the brand names Finlayson and Familon. The company has stores and retailers in Finland, Russia, and the Baltic countries, as well as an online store.

Usage examples of "finlayson".

After three minutes' silence, which only Finlayson seemed to find uncomfortable, the phone rang.

Practically identical to the letter Finlayson received up in Prudhoe Bay.

They'd have the same opinion of you as our friend John Finlayson has now.

Yet Finlayson refused point-blank to co-operate with Dermott and Mackenzie.

If you're suggesting what I think you are, I might mention that according to Finlayson there have been three security checks carried out on Bronowski.

What does Finlayson know about security checks and how to evaluate them?

John Finlayson, he said, was out at Pump Station Four but was expected back soon.

And John Finlayson has gone on a walk-about or somewhere even less attractive.

And who's going to fly or helicopter the sixteen hundred miles round trip to clobber Bronowski and very possibly do away with Finlayson, especially as he would be immediately recognized as a stranger the moment he set foot in this area?

Even if Finlayson had weighed twice as much, they would have had him out in seconds flat, such was their determination to regain shelter and warmth as soon as possible.

As it was, Finlayson was slightly built, and handling him was like handling a 150-pound log, so solidly frozen had he become.

You could argue that Bronowski escaped because he didn't catch his assailants red-handed in whatever they were doing, and that Finlayson died because he did.

Sebold looked as spruce and nasty as ever, but Finlayson looked older, more worn, mousier.

This cart had gone into the room, so Finlayson could sneak out inside it, under a sheet.

He would have to get in touch with Boynton and Finlayson, and they would gather the boys for him so they could be ready to strike back.