Oulu

See also: Ōulù

English

Etymology

From Finnish Oulu.

Proper noun

Oulu

2. A municipality, the capital city of North Ostrobothnia, Finland.
3. A town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States, named after Oulu in Finland.
4. A lake in northern Finland.

Synonyms

• (lake): Oulujarvi, Cajania (historical)

Translations

city in Finland

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧盧 / 奥卢 (zh) (Àolú)

• Danish: Oulu
• Finnish: Oulu (fi)
• German: Oulu (de)
• Greek: Όουλου (Óoulou)
• Polish: Oulu (pl) n
• Russian: О́улу m (Óulu), У́леаборг m (Úleaborg)
• Swedish: Uleåborg (sv) n

lake in Finland

• Finnish: Oulujärvi (fi)
• Swedish: Ule träsk n

Finnish

Etymology

Probably from the dialectal term oulu (“floodwater”), a Sami borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Samic *oalē (“waterway”). Alternatively, the aforementioned Samic term might be borrowed from Finnish, which would rather derive from another Samic term, *võvl(V), in turn from earlier *votl- (compare to the name of the Vodla river in Russia), perhaps a Paleo-European substrate borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈou̯lu/, [ˈo̞u̯lu]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oulu
• Syllabification^(key): Ou‧lu
• Hyphenation^(key): Ou‧lu

Proper noun

Oulu

1. Oulu (a municipality, the capital city of North Ostrobothnia, Finland)

Declension

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Oulu" is Oulussa.

Inflection of Oulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Oulu	—
genitive		Oulun	—
partitive		Oulua	—
illative		Ouluun	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Oulu	—
accusative	nom.	Oulu	—
	gen.	Oulun
genitive		Oulun	—
partitive		Oulua	—
inessive		Oulussa	—
elative		Oulusta	—
illative		Ouluun	—
adessive		Oululla	—
ablative		Oululta	—
allative		Oululle	—
essive		Ouluna	—
translative		Ouluksi	—
abessive		Oulutta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Oulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ouluni — accusative nom. Ouluni — gen. Ouluni genitive Ouluni — partitive Ouluani — inessive Oulussani — elative Oulustani — illative Ouluuni — adessive Oulullani — ablative Oulultani — allative Oululleni — essive Oulunani — translative Oulukseni — abessive Ouluttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Oulusi — accusative nom. Oulusi — gen. Oulusi genitive Oulusi — partitive Ouluasi — inessive Oulussasi — elative Oulustasi — illative Ouluusi — adessive Oulullasi — ablative Oulultasi — allative Oulullesi — essive Oulunasi — translative Ouluksesi — abessive Ouluttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Oulumme — accusative nom. Oulumme — gen. Oulumme genitive Oulumme — partitive Ouluamme — inessive Oulussamme — elative Oulustamme — illative Ouluumme — adessive Oulullamme — ablative Oulultamme — allative Oulullemme — essive Oulunamme — translative Ouluksemme — abessive Ouluttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Oulunne — accusative nom. Oulunne — gen. Oulunne genitive Oulunne — partitive Ouluanne — inessive Oulussanne — elative Oulustanne — illative Ouluunne — adessive Oulullanne — ablative Oulultanne — allative Oulullenne — essive Oulunanne — translative Ouluksenne — abessive Ouluttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Oulunsa — accusative nom. Oulunsa — gen. Oulunsa genitive Oulunsa — partitive Ouluaan Ouluansa — inessive Oulussaan Oulussansa — elative Oulustaan Oulustansa — illative Ouluunsa — adessive Oulullaan Oulullansa — ablative Oulultaan Oulultansa — allative Oululleen Oulullensa — essive Oulunaan Oulunansa — translative Oulukseen Ouluksensa — abessive Ouluttaan Ouluttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• oululainen

compounds

• Oulujoki
• Oulujärvi
• Oulunsalo

Polish

Oulu

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Oulu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔw.lu/
• Rhymes: -ɔwlu
• Syllabification: Ou‧lu

Proper noun

Oulu n (indeclinable)

1. Oulu (a municipality, the capital city of North Ostrobothnia, Finland)

Further reading

• Oulu in PWN's encyclopedia