Ranua

English

Proper noun

Ranua

1. A municipality of Lapland, Finland

Translations

municipality

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉努阿 (Lānǔ'ā)

• Finnish: Ranua (fi)
• Swedish: Ranua n

Anagrams

• Aruna, ruana

Finnish

Etymology

Originally a farm name (whence the name of the town and the surname). Possibly from dialectal Tavastian ranu, kranu (“bad, stunted, runty, weak”), perhaps through the name for a poor field or bog, of unknown further origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑnuɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝nuɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnuɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Ra‧nu‧a

Proper noun

Ranua

1. Ranua
2. a Finnish surname

Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Ranua" is Ranualla.

Inflection of Ranua (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Ranua	Ranuat
genitive		Ranuan	Ranuoiden Ranuoitten
partitive		Ranuaa	Ranuoita
illative		Ranuaan	Ranuoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Ranua	Ranuat
accusative	nom.	Ranua	Ranuat
	gen.	Ranuan
genitive		Ranuan	Ranuoiden Ranuoitten Ranuain rare
partitive		Ranuaa	Ranuoita
inessive		Ranuassa	Ranuoissa
elative		Ranuasta	Ranuoista
illative		Ranuaan	Ranuoihin
adessive		Ranualla	Ranuoilla
ablative		Ranualta	Ranuoilta
allative		Ranualle	Ranuoille
essive		Ranuana	Ranuoina
translative		Ranuaksi	Ranuoiksi
abessive		Ranuatta	Ranuoitta
instructive		—	Ranuoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Ranua (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ranuani Ranuani accusative nom. Ranuani Ranuani gen. Ranuani genitive Ranuani Ranuoideni Ranuoitteni Ranuaini rare partitive Ranuaani Ranuoitani inessive Ranuassani Ranuoissani elative Ranuastani Ranuoistani illative Ranuaani Ranuoihini adessive Ranuallani Ranuoillani ablative Ranualtani Ranuoiltani allative Ranualleni Ranuoilleni essive Ranuanani Ranuoinani translative Ranuakseni Ranuoikseni abessive Ranuattani Ranuoittani instructive — — comitative — Ranuoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ranuasi Ranuasi accusative nom. Ranuasi Ranuasi gen. Ranuasi genitive Ranuasi Ranuoidesi Ranuoittesi Ranuaisi rare partitive Ranuaasi Ranuoitasi inessive Ranuassasi Ranuoissasi elative Ranuastasi Ranuoistasi illative Ranuaasi Ranuoihisi adessive Ranuallasi Ranuoillasi ablative Ranualtasi Ranuoiltasi allative Ranuallesi Ranuoillesi essive Ranuanasi Ranuoinasi translative Ranuaksesi Ranuoiksesi abessive Ranuattasi Ranuoittasi instructive — — comitative — Ranuoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ranuamme Ranuamme accusative nom. Ranuamme Ranuamme gen. Ranuamme genitive Ranuamme Ranuoidemme Ranuoittemme Ranuaimme rare partitive Ranuaamme Ranuoitamme inessive Ranuassamme Ranuoissamme elative Ranuastamme Ranuoistamme illative Ranuaamme Ranuoihimme adessive Ranuallamme Ranuoillamme ablative Ranualtamme Ranuoiltamme allative Ranuallemme Ranuoillemme essive Ranuanamme Ranuoinamme translative Ranuaksemme Ranuoiksemme abessive Ranuattamme Ranuoittamme instructive — — comitative — Ranuoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ranuanne Ranuanne accusative nom. Ranuanne Ranuanne gen. Ranuanne genitive Ranuanne Ranuoidenne Ranuoittenne Ranuainne rare partitive Ranuaanne Ranuoitanne inessive Ranuassanne Ranuoissanne elative Ranuastanne Ranuoistanne illative Ranuaanne Ranuoihinne adessive Ranuallanne Ranuoillanne ablative Ranualtanne Ranuoiltanne allative Ranuallenne Ranuoillenne essive Ranuananne Ranuoinanne translative Ranuaksenne Ranuoiksenne abessive Ranuattanne Ranuoittanne instructive — — comitative — Ranuoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Ranuansa Ranuansa accusative nom. Ranuansa Ranuansa gen. Ranuansa genitive Ranuansa Ranuoidensa Ranuoittensa Ranuainsa rare partitive Ranuaansa Ranuoitaan Ranuoitansa inessive Ranuassaan Ranuassansa Ranuoissaan Ranuoissansa elative Ranuastaan Ranuastansa Ranuoistaan Ranuoistansa illative Ranuaansa Ranuoihinsa adessive Ranuallaan Ranuallansa Ranuoillaan Ranuoillansa ablative Ranualtaan Ranualtansa Ranuoiltaan Ranuoiltansa allative Ranualleen Ranuallensa Ranuoilleen Ranuoillensa essive Ranuanaan Ranuanansa Ranuoinaan Ranuoinansa translative Ranuakseen Ranuaksensa Ranuoikseen Ranuoiksensa abessive Ranuattaan Ranuattansa Ranuoittaan Ranuoittansa instructive — — comitative — Ranuoineen Ranuoinensa

Derived terms

• ranualainen

 

Descendants

• → English: Ranua
• → Swedish: Ranua
• → Chinese: → 拉努阿 (Lānǔ'ā) (transliteration)

Statistics

• Ranua is the 2830^th (tied with 9 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 279 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

• Rauna, auran, narua, naura, raanu, raaun, uraan, urana