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Cajania

Cajania proper noun: a region of Finland.

cajania: a region of Finland
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Proper noun

Cajania

  1. (historical) A region of 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
  2. (historical) Former name of Oulu, a lake 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 Cajania

From Swedish Kajana (“Kainuu”), probably from Russian каяний (kajanij) and каянский (kajanskij) and cognate with Finnish Kainuu and Old Norse Old Norse kvenir.

Questions about Cajania

What does Cajania mean?
Cajania means a region of Finland.
What part of speech is Cajania?
Cajania is a proper noun.

Words near Cajania in the dictionary

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

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