Cajania

English

Etymology

From Swedish Kajana (“Kainuu”), probably from Russian каяний (kajanij) and каянский (kajanskij) and cognate with Finnish Kainuu and Old Norse Old Norse kvenir.

Proper noun

Cajania

1. (historical) Former name of Kainuu, a region of Finland.
   • 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 7:

     CAJANABURG, the capital of the province of Cajania, or eaſt Bothnia in Sweden, ſituated on the north-eaſt part of the lake Cajania, about three hundred miles north-eaſt of Abo...

2. (historical) Former name of Oulu, a lake in Finland.
   • 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 7:

     CAJANABURG, the capital of the province of Cajania, or eaſt Bothnia in Sweden, ſituated on the north-eaſt part of the lake Cajania, about three hundred miles north-eaſt of Abo...

Related terms

• Cajanaburg