Etymology
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Probably from Middle Low German Jurgen, from Latin Georgius.[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈjurʋɑ/, [ˈjurʋɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -urʋɑ
- Syllabification(key): Jur‧va
Proper noun
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Jurva
- A former municipality in South Ostrobothnia, Finland; now part of Kurikka.
- A village in the municipality of Kurikka.
- a Finnish surname
Declension
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The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Jurva" is Jurvassa.
Derived terms
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Statistics
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- The surname Jurva belongs to 199 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
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- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN