Etymology
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From the name of the nearby lake, possibly a participle *ullava (“flooding”), akin to dialectal ulli (“floodwater”)[1] and of Sami origin (compare Northern Sami ulˈli).[2]
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
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Ullava
- A former municipality in Central Ostrobothnia, Finland; now part of Kokkola.
- A village in the municipality of Kokkola.
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 Ullava" is Ullavassa.
References
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- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN
- ^ 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