Cajanaburg

English

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Cajanaburg

1. (historical) Former name of Kajaani, a town in Finland.
   • 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 7:

     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...

Related terms

• Cajania