Uncertain. Possibly from ahven (“perch”) + maa (“land”), the first term can possibly be derived from Proto-Norse ᚨᚺᚹᚨᛚᚨᚾᛞ (ahwaland, “water-land”). See Finnish Ahvenanmaa for further etymology.
Ahvenamaa (genitive Ahvenamaa, partitive Ahvenamaad)
Declension of Ahvenamaa (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | Ahvenamaa | — | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | Ahvenamaa | ||
genitive | — | ||
partitive | Ahvenamaad | — | |
illative | Ahvenamaasse | — | |
inessive | Ahvenamaas | — | |
elative | Ahvenamaast | — | |
allative | Ahvenamaale | — | |
adessive | Ahvenamaal | — | |
ablative | Ahvenamaalt | — | |
translative | Ahvenamaaks | — | |
terminative | Ahvenamaani | — | |
essive | Ahvenamaana | — | |
abessive | Ahvenamaata | — | |
comitative | Ahvenamaaga | — |