Blain may refer to:
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Blain Morin
Blain Kevin Morin (born September 30, 1960) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Ontario New Democratic Party, New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1998 to 1999 who was elected in a by-election. He rep ...
(born 1960), Canadian politician
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Blain (surname) Blain is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Brian Blain, Australian actor
* James Blain, Canadian Boy Scout
* John Blain (disambiguation), multiple people
* John Blain (Canadian football), Canadian football player
* Philippe Bl ...
Places
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Blain, Pennsylvania
Blain is a borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 227 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Harrisburg metropolitan area. Blain is located in a valley region known as Sherman's Valley.
History
Early settlemen ...
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Blaine Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Blaine Township is a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 619 at the 2020 census.
History
The Sawhill Covered Bridge and Taylorstown Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic ...
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Electoral division of Blain
Blain is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1997 and is named after Adair Blain, the second member for the federal Northern Territory electorate, and the only Australian ...
, Northern Territory, Australia
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Blain, Loire-Atlantique
Blain (; br, Blaen) is a Communes of France, commune in the Loire-Atlantique Departments of France, department in western France. The commune includes the small town of Blain and the villages of Saint-Émilien-de-Blain and La Chaussée.
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Other
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Blain (animal disease)
Blain was an animal disease of unknown etiology that was well known in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is unclear whether it is still extant, or what modern disease it corresponds to.
According to Ephraim Chambers' 18th-century '' Cyclopaedia, or ...
, an eighteenth-century term for an animal disease involving a swelling on the root of the tongue
*Bláin, another name for the Norse giant
Ymir
In Norse mythology, Ymir (, ), also called Aurgelmir, Brimir, or Bláinn, is the ancestor of all jötnar. Ymir is attested in the '' Poetic Edda'', compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional material, in the '' Prose Edda'', wr ...
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Chilblains
Chilblains, also known as pernio, is a medical condition in which damage occurs to capillary beds in the skin, most often in the hands or feet, when blood perfuses into the nearby tissue resulting in redness, itching, inflammation, and possibly b ...
, a medical condition similar to frostbite
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Blaine (disambiguation)
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