Cajania

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proper noun

A region of Finland.

OriginSwedish Kajana ← Russian каяний →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA 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. historicalFormer 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
oulu

Origin

  1. Russianкаяний
  2. SwedishKajana“Kainuu”
  3. EnglishCajania

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

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