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Karjaa
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karjaa
English
Proper noun
en Karis, Finland.
Finnish
Etymology
Possibly from fi karja (potentially through varieties of Estonian), through the name of the lake fi Karjaanjärvi from scarcely attested dialectal fi karjas boisterous, rapid, loud; rutty, lustful (possibly onomatopoeic or derived from fi karja), or from a dialectal adjective fi karea dry, hard (akin to fi karkea). Alternatively, possibly borrowed from fi gem-pro *harjaz.Schalin, Johan: Scandinavian–Finnish Language Contact in the Viking Age in the Light of Borrowed Names. Joonas Ahola & Frog (eds.), Fibula, Fabula, Fact: The Viking Age in Finland, p. 428. Studia Fennica Historica 18 (2014)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
A former town and municipality in the west of Uusimaa region, now part of Raasepori.
Declension
external Karjaa Karjaalla
Karja a sg
Derived terms
fi compounds Karjalohja
Descendants
1 1 sv Karis
References