Kustavi
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Finnish
Etymology
From the Swedish royal name Gustaf, Gustav. The town (formerly named Kivimaa) was renamed to its current name in 1897 to match the name of its church, which had been named after Gustav III (the king of Sweden and still Finland at the time, in 1783).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kustavi
- A municipality in Western Finland.
- (rare as a first name) a male given name
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Kustavi" is Kustavissa.
| Inflection of Kustavi (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kustavi | Kustavit | |
| genitive | Kustavin | Kustavien Kustaveiden Kustaveitten | |
| partitive | Kustavia | Kustaveita Kustaveja | |
| illative | Kustaviin | Kustaveihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kustavi | Kustavit | |
| accusative | nom. | Kustavi | Kustavit |
| gen. | Kustavin | ||
| genitive | Kustavin | Kustavien Kustaveiden Kustaveitten | |
| partitive | Kustavia | Kustaveita Kustaveja | |
| inessive | Kustavissa | Kustaveissa | |
| elative | Kustavista | Kustaveista | |
| illative | Kustaviin | Kustaveihin | |
| adessive | Kustavilla | Kustaveilla | |
| ablative | Kustavilta | Kustaveilta | |
| allative | Kustaville | Kustaveille | |
| essive | Kustavina | Kustaveina | |
| translative | Kustaviksi | Kustaveiksi | |
| abessive | Kustavitta | Kustaveitta | |
| instructive | — | Kustavein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
- The given name Kustavi belongs as a middle name to 53 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.