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Pohjola
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pohjola
Finnish
Etymology
fi pohja north -o -la toponym, probably through fi *Pohjoila (compare fi pohjoinen). The surname is from place names.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi uncountable 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.
fi uncountable The Nordic countries.
fi Pohjoismaat
fi Finnish
fi pohjola
Declension
Pohjol a
Derived terms
fi pohjola Pohjolainen
fi compounds Peräpohjola
Related terms
fi pohjoinen north(ern)
Statistics
dvv_20250813 2615 303
References
fi Mythological locations Finnic mythology