Maarianhamina
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Founded in 1861 when Finland was a grand duchy of Russia, and named after the then empress consort of Russia, Maria Alexandrovna; literally "Maria's Harbour" (Maarian hamina).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑːriɑnˌhɑminɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝ːriɑ̝nˌhɑ̝minɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑminɑ
- Syllabification(key): Maa‧ri‧an‧ha‧mi‧na
Proper noun[edit]
Maarianhamina
- The capital of Åland, an autonomous province of Finland; in English texts more frequently known by its Swedish name Mariehamn.
Declension[edit]
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Maarianhamina" is Maarianhaminassa.
Inflection of Maarianhamina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Maarianhamina | — | ||
genitive | Maarianhaminan | — | ||
partitive | Maarianhaminaa | — | ||
illative | Maarianhaminaan | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Maarianhamina | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Maarianhamina | — | |
gen. | Maarianhaminan | |||
genitive | Maarianhaminan | — | ||
partitive | Maarianhaminaa | — | ||
inessive | Maarianhaminassa | — | ||
elative | Maarianhaminasta | — | ||
illative | Maarianhaminaan | — | ||
adessive | Maarianhaminalla | — | ||
ablative | Maarianhaminalta | — | ||
allative | Maarianhaminalle | — | ||
essive | Maarianhaminana | — | ||
translative | Maarianhaminaksi | — | ||
abessive | Maarianhaminatta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |