Viiala
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom an old name Viia + -la. The name may be derived from Old Swedish Svea, Svia or shortened from names like Old Swedish Vifast or Vighmund.[1][2]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editViiala
- A former municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland; now part of Akaa.
- A village in the municipality of Akaa.
- a Finnish surname
Declension
editInflection of Viiala (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Viiala | Viialat | ||
genitive | Viialan | Viialoiden Viialoitten | ||
partitive | Viialaa | Viialoita | ||
illative | Viialaan | Viialoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Viiala | Viialat | ||
accusative | nom. | Viiala | Viialat | |
gen. | Viialan | |||
genitive | Viialan | Viialoiden Viialoitten Viialain rare | ||
partitive | Viialaa | Viialoita | ||
inessive | Viialassa | Viialoissa | ||
elative | Viialasta | Viialoista | ||
illative | Viialaan | Viialoihin | ||
adessive | Viialalla | Viialoilla | ||
ablative | Viialalta | Viialoilta | ||
allative | Viialalle | Viialoille | ||
essive | Viialana | Viialoina | ||
translative | Viialaksi | Viialoiksi | ||
abessive | Viialatta | Viialoitta | ||
instructive | — | Viialoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Viiala" is Viialassa.
Statistics
edit- The surname Viiala belongs to 147 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
edit- ^ Mikkonen, Pirjo, Paikkala, Sirkka (2000) Sukunimet, Helsinki: Otava, →ISBN
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN