Etymology
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From dialectal muurame (“cloudberry”) or a variant of maamuurain (“arctic raspberry”), referring to the berries found in the area. The village has also been known as Muranjärvi, Murame and Muratjärvi.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈmuːrɑme/, [ˈmuːrɑ̝me̞]
- Rhymes: -uːrɑme
- Syllabification(key): Muu‧ra‧me
Proper noun
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Muurame
- A municipality near Jyväskylä in central Finland.
- A Finnish furniture manufacturer.
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 Muurame" is Muuramessa.
- The singular partitive may also be Muurametta, however this is not recognized by Kotus.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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See also
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References
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- Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN