Etymology
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ala- (“lower”) + järvi (“lake”). The town is named such as it is lower, i.e. downstream of Lake Ähtäri, even if nowadays it is upstream of Lake Lappajärvi.[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈɑlɑˌjærʋi/, [ˈɑ̝lɑ̝ˌjærʋi]
- Rhymes: -ærʋi
- Syllabification(key): A‧la‧jär‧vi
Proper noun
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Alajärvi
- Alajärvi (a town and municipality of Finland)
- a Finnish surname
Declension
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The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Alajärvi" is Alajärvellä.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Statistics
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- The surname Alajärvi belongs to 198 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