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Finnish
Etymology
From venäjän (“Russian person's”, archaic) + maa (“land, country”) (compare Estonian Venemaa, Finnish venäläinen (“Russian”)) or Venäjän (“Russia's”) + maa. Compare Suomenmaa (“Finland”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋenæjænˌmɑː/,
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation(key): Ve‧näjän‧maa
Proper noun
Venäjänmaa (dated)
- (poetic or colloquial) Synonym of Venäjä (“Russia”).
Declension
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used when referring to a location; for example, "in Venäjänmaa" is Venäjänmaalla.
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