linja

Borrowed from Old Swedish linia (compare modern Swedish linje), from Latin līnea.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlinjɑ/, [ˈlinjɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -injɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): lin‧ja

linja

1. line (a connected set of points, e.g. a path acting as a boundary)

   Pori-Tampere-Imatra—linja ― Pori-Tampere-Imatra line

2. line (a path regularly used by a mode of transportation; connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.)

   raitiovaunulinja ― tram line

3. line (telephone, network or electrical connection, often but not necessarily physical)

   puhelinlinja ― phone line

4. policy, line (principle of behaviour, conduct, or relationship towards something)
5. (usually in the plural) outline, contour (e.g. when describing the shape of something)

   selkeät linjat ― clear outlines/contours

6. line (series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person)

   Synonym: sukulinja

7. (military) line (demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces)

   vihollisen linjojen takana ― behind enemy lines

8. (education) curriculum, study program

   Synonym: opintolinja

   kuvataiteen linja ― visual arts curriculum

9. (chess) file (vertical line of squares)
10. (business) line (products or services sold by a business, or the business itself)

    Synonym: tuotelinja

11. (biology) line (population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup)

    Synonym: solulinja

12. (historical) an obsolete Finnish unit of measurement for length equal to 1/12th of a tuuma or around 2.062 millimeters; comparable to imperial line

• “linja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• lajin, nilja

Borrowed from Russian линия (linija).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlinjɑ/, [ˈlʲiɲː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlinjɑ/, [ˈlʲinjɑ]
• Rhymes: -inj, -injɑ
• Hyphenation: lin‧ja

linja

1. line
2. (transport) railroad line
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 49:

     Hänen ja taigaan raja männöö Leningrad-Kazani linjaa möitä.

     Its and the taiga's border goes along the Leningrad-Kazan railroad line.

Borrowed from Sicilian ligna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪn.ja/

linja f (plural linji)

1. line

   Synonym: (archaic) ħatt

2. track, rail
3. goal line

• linjen

linja m or f

1. definite feminine singular of linje

linja f

1. definite singular of linje