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Rauma
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rauma
English
+, Norway
Proper noun
en Q37013en town/and/municipality r/Satakunta c/Finland.
en Q500205en municipality co/Møre og Romsdal c/Norway.
en Q494838en river co/Møre og Romsdal c/Norway.
Translations
Finnish city
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 勞馬 Láomǎ
Danish: da Rauma
Finnish: fi Rauma
Russian: ru Ра́ума f
Swedish: sv Raumo n
Anagrams
en aamru Marau Maura amaru marua umara umaraʾ umarā
Finnish
+, Finland
Etymology
fi ine-pro *srew-
From fi rauma sound, strait (see it for more). The town was named after its location. The surname could have been derived via place names.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Rauma Q37013
fi Finnish
Declension
external Rauma Raumalla An exception to this rule is fi Vanha Rauma, which refers to the old portion of the city.
Raum a
Derived terms
fi raumalainen
fi compounds raumankielinen
Descendants
1 sv Raumo
Statistics
dvv_20250813 457 1853 4
References
Anagrams
fi aamru maaru rumaa
Norwegian Bokmål
no:
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb Rauma Q500205
nb Rauma Q494838
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
nn:+ kommune
Etymology
From the definite form of nn non Raum f, of uncertain origin. Also suggested to come from non Raumá, from non *raumr á roaring waterfall river 1,1979 Eivind Vågslid Stadnamntydingar 167 https://www.nb.no/items/c8760fb0c8c7bac331d673a5cd1d1f7f?page=172 although not suggested by the modern pronunciation.
Pronunciation
nn [¹rœʊ̯ː.mɐ̞]
nn œʊːma
Proper noun
nn proper noun f
nn Rauma Q500205
nn Rauma Q494838
Related terms
nn Romsdal Romsdal(en)
References