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Cajania
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English
thumb|17th-century map of Finland, with Caiania corresponding to the historical province of Ostrobothnia
Etymology
From en sv Kajana Kainuu, probably from en ru каяний and ru каянский and cognate with Finnish fi Kainuu and Old Norse non kvenir.
Proper noun
en historical A region of Finland.
1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 7:
CAJANABURG, the capital of the province of Cajania, or eaſt Bothnia in Sweden, ſituated on the north-eaſt part of the lake Cajania, about three hundred miles north-eaſt of Abo...
en historical en Oulu, a lake in Finland.
1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 7:
CAJANABURG, the capital of the province of Cajania, or eaſt Bothnia in Sweden, ſituated on the north-eaſt part of the lake Cajania, about three hundred miles north-eaſt of Abo...
Related terms
en Cajanaburg
en terms suffixed with -ia (place)