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Pernaja
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Finnish
Etymology
Probably from an original form fi *Pärnäoja, from dialectal fi pärnä linden/lime tree + fi oja ditch, perhaps originally as the name of a ditch located east of the church. The modern vowel -e- in Finnish would be influence from the Swedish form sv Pernå, which is from the same Finnish name (with fi oja translated as sv å).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
A former municipality in Uusimaa, Finland; now part of Loviisa.
A village in the municipality of Loviisa.
Declension
sg Pernaj a
internal Pernaja Pernajassa
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