Etymology
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Possibly from karja (potentially through varieties of Estonian), through the name of the lake Karjaanjärvi from scarcely attested dialectal karjas (“boisterous, rapid, loud; rutty, lustful”) (possibly onomatopoeic or derived from karja[1]), or from a dialectal adjective karea (“dry, hard”) (akin to karkea).[2]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈkɑrjɑː/, [ˈkɑ̝rjɑ̝ː]
- Rhymes: -ɑrjɑː
- Syllabification(key): Kar‧jaa
Proper noun
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Karjaa
- A former town and municipality in the west of Uusimaa region, now part of Raasepori.
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 Karjaa" is Karjaalla.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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References
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- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN