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Finnish
Etymology
meri (“sea”) + järvi (“lake”), possibly because the lake (after which the municipality is named) is closer to the seashore than some others in the area, or possibly because of the regular floods.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Merijärvi
- A municipality of North Ostrobothnia, Finland.
Declension
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Merijärvi" is Merijärvellä.
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References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN