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Finnish
Etymology
Possibly from karja (potentially through varieties of Estonian), through the name of the lake Karjaanjärvi from scarcely attested dialectal karjas (“boisterous, rapid, loud; rutty, lustful”) (possibly onomatopoeic or derived from karja[1]), or from a dialectal adjective karea (“dry, hard”) (akin to karkea).[2]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Karjaa
- A former town and municipality in the west of Uusimaa region, now part of Raasepori.
Declension
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Karjaa" is Karjaalla.
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References
- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN