linja

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • line e.g. a bus line, phone line
  • policy, line principle of behaviour, conduct, or relationship towards something
  • (education) curriculum, study program
  • (chess) file
  • (historical) an obsolete Finnish unit of measurement for length equal to 1/12th of a tuuma (tuuma) or around 2.062 millimeters; comparable to imperial line

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Swedish linia derived from Latin līnea (line, thread, linen thread).

Origin

Latin

līnea

Gloss

line, thread, linen thread

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