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Alavus
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English
Proper noun
en Q5981en town/and/municipality r/South Ostrobothnia c/Finland.
Translations
municipality
Finnish: fi Alavus
Swedish: sv Alavo n
Anagrams
en aalsuv uvalas
Finnish
fi:
Etymology
From the lake name fi *Alavojärvi (with later adaptation into the fi kalleus inflection type), in some way based on fi ala- lower, below, i.e. the downriver lake (compared to some others in the area like fi Sapsalampi). The exact morphological derivation remains obscure.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Alavus Q5981
Declension
external Alavus Alavudella
Alavu a sg
Derived terms
fi alavutelainen
References
Anagrams
fi aalsuv sulava