ケラヴァ

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Etymology

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Alternative spelling
ケラバ

Borrowed from Finnish Kerava.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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ケラヴァ (Kerava

  1. Kerava (a town and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland).

Usage notes

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The ケラヴァ (Kerava) spelling appears to be slightly more common in online usage than ケラバ (Keraba), and the use of the ヴァ (va) digraph immediately marks this word as a foreign borrowing. However, for most Japanese speakers, the pronunciation will be closer to ケラバ (Keraba), due to the lack of any /v/ phoneme in the native Japanese consonant inventory.