Pohjola
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See also: pohjola
Finnish
Etymology
From pohjoinen (“north”) + -la (suffix indicating location).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pohjola
- The Nordic countries.
- A prominent mythical location in the Finnish national epic Kalevala, typically translated as Northland. It is depicted as the main rival of Kalevala, the home of the heroes of the epic.
- a Finnish surname
- Alternative letter-case form of pohjola.
Declension
| Inflection of Pohjola (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Pohjola | — | |
| genitive | Pohjolan | — | |
| partitive | Pohjolaa | — | |
| illative | Pohjolaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Pohjola | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Pohjola | — |
| gen. | Pohjolan | ||
| genitive | Pohjolan | — | |
| partitive | Pohjolaa | — | |
| inessive | Pohjolassa | — | |
| elative | Pohjolasta | — | |
| illative | Pohjolaan | — | |
| adessive | Pohjolalla | — | |
| ablative | Pohjolalta | — | |
| allative | Pohjolalle | — | |
| essive | Pohjolana | — | |
| translative | Pohjolaksi | — | |
| abessive | Pohjolatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Synonyms
- (Nordic countries): Pohjoismaat
Derived terms
compounds
Statistics
- Pohjola is the 309th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 2,607 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.