Koillismaa
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Koillismaa (sense 1, red) on the map of Finland. 
Koillismaa (sense 2, red) on the map of Finland.
Finnish
Etymology
koillis- (“northeast”) + maa (“country”). Coined by Finnish author and journalist Reino Rinne in the 1950s and popularized by the book series of the same name written by Kalle Päätalo.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Koillismaa
- A region (unofficial) in Finland, comprising the northeastern parts of North Ostrobothnia.
- An official subdivision of North Ostrobothnia with a narrower definition than that of the unofficial region.
Declension
| Inflection of Koillismaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Koillismaa | — | |
| genitive | Koillismaan | — | |
| partitive | Koillismaata | — | |
| illative | Koillismaahan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Koillismaa | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Koillismaa | — |
| gen. | Koillismaan | ||
| genitive | Koillismaan | — | |
| partitive | Koillismaata | — | |
| inessive | Koillismaassa | — | |
| elative | Koillismaasta | — | |
| illative | Koillismaahan | — | |
| adessive | Koillismaalla | — | |
| ablative | Koillismaalta | — | |
| allative | Koillismaalle | — | |
| essive | Koillismaana | — | |
| translative | Koillismaaksi | — | |
| abessive | Koillismaatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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