Meanings
- CanadaUSnot comparableOf mixed Finnish and Native American heritage.
Seppälä stayed in the U.S. from July to October that year and even went to Canada to meet some Finndian people in Toronto.
2016 November 5, Jana Peterson, “Finnish writers, photographer spotlight ‘Finndians’ in new book”, in The Pine Journal, Cloquet, Minnesota: Forum Communications Company, archived from the original on 15 Nov 20201 more example
Being Indian isn't easy for a kid. Not being fully Indian is even worse. I wasn't Finnish, and I wasn't Indian. Half-breed. Finndian.
2011 April, Arne Vainio, “My Ojibwe and Finnish Heritage”, in Ojibwe Inaajimowin, volume 13, number 4, Mille Lacs Band, →OCLC, page 7, column 4
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person of mixed Finnish and Native American heritage.
Origin
Cite this entry
Finndian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Finndian
“Finndian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Finndian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Finndian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Finndian.
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