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Finnish
Etymology
From earlier *Vihanta(järvi); *Vihanne (as the name of a lake), possibly derived from or akin to vihanta (“verdant”), or from viha (“hate; wrath; war”), possibly through pre-Christian given names.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vihanti
- A former municipality in North Ostrobothnia, Finland; now part of Raahe.
- A village in the municipality of Raahe.
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Vihanti" is Vihannissa.
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN