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Cajanaburg

Cajanaburg proper noun: former name of Kajaani (“a town in Finland”).

Proper noun

Cajanaburg

  1. (historical) Former name of Kajaani (“a town in Finland”).
    • CAJANABURG, the capital of the province of Cajania, or eaſt Bothnia in Sweden, ſituated on the north-eaſt part of the lake Cajania, about three hundred miles north-eaſt of Abo...1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 7

Origin of Cajanaburg

From Swedish Kajaneborg, from Kajana (“Kainuu”) + borg (“-burg: town”), probably from Russian каяний (kajanij) and каянский (kajanskij) and cognate with Finnish Kainuu and Old Norse Old Norse kvenir. Equivalent to Cajania + -burg.

Questions about Cajanaburg

What does Cajanaburg mean?
Cajanaburg means former name of Kajaani (“a town in Finland”).
What part of speech is Cajanaburg?
Cajanaburg is a proper noun.

Words near Cajanaburg in the dictionary

  1. Cajal bodies
  2. Cajal body
  3. Cajamarca
  4. Cajamarcas
  5. cajan
  6. Cajanaburg
  7. Cajania
  8. cajanin
  9. cajans
  10. cajaput
  11. cajava

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