Cajania
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Swedish Kajana (“Kainuu”), probably from Russian каяний (kajanij) and каянский (kajanskij) and cognate with Finnish Kainuu and Old Norse Old Norse kvenir.
Proper noun
[edit]Cajania
- (historical) Former name of Kainuu, a region of 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...
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 7:
- (historical) Former name of Oulu, a lake 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...
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 7: