The historical region Westrobothnia (darkest brown) on a map of Finland and Sweden.
The modern administrative region Västerbotten (brown) on the map of Sweden.
Etymology
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From länsi ( “ West ” ) + Pohja(nmaa) ( “ land of the north ” ) or adapted from Swedish Västerbotten . Compare Pohjanmaa .
Pronunciation
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IPA (key ) : /ˈlænsiˌpohjɑ/ , [ˈlæns̠iˌpo̞xjɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ohjɑ
Syllabification(key ) : Län‧si‧poh‧ja
Proper noun
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Länsipohja
Westrobothnia (a historical province of Sweden and Finland )
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 Länsipohja" is Länsipohjassa .
Derived terms
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See also
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