Imatra

English Proper noun en Q211020en town/and/mun in r/South Karelia c/Finland. Translations municipality Finnish: fi Imatra Swedish: sv Imatra n Anagrams en aaimrt Amrita Marita amrita tamari Finnish fi: Etymology Originally referring to the rapids (fi Imatrankoski); ultimate origin fi unknown (possibly from a lost fi qfa-sub). According to Viljo Nissilä, the name may derive from earlier fi *Imantero or fi *Imanteri, perhaps from a lost given name ultimately derived from fi imeä. Alternatively, according to Pauli Rahkonen, possibly (although not certainly) from a Uralic (Meryan-East Chudian) substrate language, where the initial component may derive from urj-pro *emä mother and the latter -dra derives from *jädrä, from urj-pro *jäwrä lake; thus the name would initially have referred to the lake Saimaa.Rahkonen, Pauli. Suomeen suuntautuneiden nimistövirtausten monimuotoisuus. Muinaistutkija 1/2021. p. 18, 27–28 Pronunciation Proper noun fi Imatra Q211020 Declension external Imatra Imatralla Imatr a sg Derived terms fi imatralainen References Anagrams fi aaimrt Maarit Marita raamit