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Oravainen
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Finnish
Oravais
Etymology
fi orava squirrel inen. The name of the municipality/village derives from a farm name, in turn named based on the surname/byname fi Orava, fi Oravainen. As a surname, perhaps via a byname/nickname for squirrel hunters (compare fi Orava), or via place names.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Oravais, a former municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland; now part of Vörå.
Oravais, a village in the municipality of Vörå.
fi Finnish
Declension
place name Oravai a
internal Oravainen Oravaisissa Note that the inflected forms are formed as if they were plural.
surname Oravai a
Descendants
1 1 sv Oravais
Statistics
dvv_20250813 362 2247 4
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