Pohjanmaa

Finnish

An Ostrobothnian expanse
An Ostrobothnian expanse.
The historical province of Ostrobothnia (blue) on the map of Finland.
The administrative region Ostrobothnia (red) on the map of Finland.

Etymology

Either from pohjan (“(of) north”, archaic) +‎ maa in the sense of "land of the north", or adapted from Swedish Österbotten, "eastern bottom" (pohja (“bottom”)), by analogy with Västerbotten, with botten originally in the sense of "bay, gulf", referring to the Gulf of Bothnia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpohjɑnmɑː/, [ˈpo̞xjɑmːɑː]
  • Rhymes: -ohjɑnmɑː
  • Syllabification(key): Poh‧jan‧maa

Proper noun

Pohjanmaa

  1. Ostrobothnia (a historical province of Finland)
  2. Ostrobothnia (administrative region of contemporary Finland)

Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when talking about location; for example, "in Pohjanmaa" is Pohjanmaalla.

Inflection of Pohjanmaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative Pohjanmaa —
genitive Pohjanmaan —
partitive Pohjanmaata —
illative Pohjanmaahan —
singular plural
nominative Pohjanmaa —
accusative nom. Pohjanmaa —
gen. Pohjanmaan
genitive Pohjanmaan —
partitive Pohjanmaata —
inessive Pohjanmaassa —
elative Pohjanmaasta —
illative Pohjanmaahan —
adessive Pohjanmaalla —
ablative Pohjanmaalta —
allative Pohjanmaalle —
essive Pohjanmaana —
translative Pohjanmaaksi —
instructive — —
abessive Pohjanmaatta —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Pohjanmaa (type maa)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Pohjanmaani —
accusative nom. Pohjanmaani —
gen. Pohjanmaani
genitive Pohjanmaani —
partitive Pohjanmaatani —
inessive Pohjanmaassani —
elative Pohjanmaastani —
illative Pohjanmaahani —
adessive Pohjanmaallani —
ablative Pohjanmaaltani —
allative Pohjanmaalleni —
essive Pohjanmaanani —
translative Pohjanmaakseni —
instructive — —
abessive Pohjanmaattani —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Pohjanmaasi —
accusative nom. Pohjanmaasi —
gen. Pohjanmaasi
genitive Pohjanmaasi —
partitive Pohjanmaatasi —
inessive Pohjanmaassasi —
elative Pohjanmaastasi —
illative Pohjanmaahasi —
adessive Pohjanmaallasi —
ablative Pohjanmaaltasi —
allative Pohjanmaallesi —
essive Pohjanmaanasi —
translative Pohjanmaaksesi —
instructive — —
abessive Pohjanmaattasi —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Pohjanmaamme —
accusative nom. Pohjanmaamme —
gen. Pohjanmaamme
genitive Pohjanmaamme —
partitive Pohjanmaatamme —
inessive Pohjanmaassamme —
elative Pohjanmaastamme —
illative Pohjanmaahamme —
adessive Pohjanmaallamme —
ablative Pohjanmaaltamme —
allative Pohjanmaallemme —
essive Pohjanmaanamme —
translative Pohjanmaaksemme —
instructive — —
abessive Pohjanmaattamme —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Pohjanmaanne —
accusative nom. Pohjanmaanne —
gen. Pohjanmaanne
genitive Pohjanmaanne —
partitive Pohjanmaatanne —
inessive Pohjanmaassanne —
elative Pohjanmaastanne —
illative Pohjanmaahanne —
adessive Pohjanmaallanne —
ablative Pohjanmaaltanne —
allative Pohjanmaallenne —
essive Pohjanmaananne —
translative Pohjanmaaksenne —
instructive — —
abessive Pohjanmaattanne —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Pohjanmaansa —
accusative nom. Pohjanmaansa —
gen. Pohjanmaansa
genitive Pohjanmaansa —
partitive Pohjanmaataan
Pohjanmaatansa
—
inessive Pohjanmaassaan
Pohjanmaassansa
—
elative Pohjanmaastaan
Pohjanmaastansa
—
illative Pohjanmaahansa —
adessive Pohjanmaallaan
Pohjanmaallansa
—
ablative Pohjanmaaltaan
Pohjanmaaltansa
—
allative Pohjanmaalleen
Pohjanmaallensa
—
essive Pohjanmaanaan
Pohjanmaanansa
—
translative Pohjanmaakseen
Pohjanmaaksensa
—
instructive — —
abessive Pohjanmaattaan
Pohjanmaattansa
—
comitative — —

Derived terms

References

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