Kainuu
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Kainuu (red) on the map of Finland.
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Kainuu
- A region of Finland.
Finnish
Etymology
Unknown. In some way related to Old Norse kvenir and Russian каяний (kajanij), каянский (kajanskij) (whence Kajaani and Swedish Kajanaland).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kainuu
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Kainuu" is Kainuussa.
| Inflection of Kainuu (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Kainuu | — | |
| genitive | Kainuun | — | |
| partitive | Kainuuta | — | |
| illative | Kainuuseen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kainuu | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Kainuu | — |
| gen. | Kainuun | ||
| genitive | Kainuun | — | |
| partitive | Kainuuta | — | |
| inessive | Kainuussa | — | |
| elative | Kainuusta | — | |
| illative | Kainuuseen | — | |
| adessive | Kainuulla | — | |
| ablative | Kainuulta | — | |
| allative | Kainuulle | — | |
| essive | Kainuuna | — | |
| translative | Kainuuksi | — | |
| abessive | Kainuutta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
See also
- kainu (“Kven”)