Etymology
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From dialectal rutjat, ruijat (“aurora borealis”).[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈrui̯jɑ/, [ˈrui̯j(ː)ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -uijɑ
- Syllabification(key): Rui‧ja
Proper noun
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Ruija
- Finnmark (a county of Norway)
Declension
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Derived terms
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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), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- note: linked online version also includes other etymological sources
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