Pirkanmaa

English

Etymology

From Finnish Pirkanmaa.

Proper noun

Pirkanmaa

1. A region of Finland.

Finnish

Etymology

Pirkka > Pirkan +‎ maa, after its use in Pirkkala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpirkɑnˌmɑː/, [ˈpirkɑ̝mˌmɑ̝ː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation^(key): Pirkan‧maa

Proper noun

Pirkanmaa

1. A region of Finland (a maakunta).

Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Pirkanmaa" is Pirkanmaalla.

Inflection of Pirkanmaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		Pirkanmaa	—
genitive		Pirkanmaan	—
partitive		Pirkanmaata	—
illative		Pirkanmaahan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Pirkanmaa	—
accusative	nom.	Pirkanmaa	—
	gen.	Pirkanmaan
genitive		Pirkanmaan	—
partitive		Pirkanmaata	—
inessive		Pirkanmaassa	—
elative		Pirkanmaasta	—
illative		Pirkanmaahan	—
adessive		Pirkanmaalla	—
ablative		Pirkanmaalta	—
allative		Pirkanmaalle	—
essive		Pirkanmaana	—
translative		Pirkanmaaksi	—
abessive		Pirkanmaatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Pirkanmaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Pirkanmaani — accusative nom. Pirkanmaani — gen. Pirkanmaani genitive Pirkanmaani — partitive Pirkanmaatani — inessive Pirkanmaassani — elative Pirkanmaastani — illative Pirkanmaahani — adessive Pirkanmaallani — ablative Pirkanmaaltani — allative Pirkanmaalleni — essive Pirkanmaanani — translative Pirkanmaakseni — abessive Pirkanmaattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Pirkanmaasi — accusative nom. Pirkanmaasi — gen. Pirkanmaasi genitive Pirkanmaasi — partitive Pirkanmaatasi — inessive Pirkanmaassasi — elative Pirkanmaastasi — illative Pirkanmaahasi — adessive Pirkanmaallasi — ablative Pirkanmaaltasi — allative Pirkanmaallesi — essive Pirkanmaanasi — translative Pirkanmaaksesi — abessive Pirkanmaattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Pirkanmaamme — accusative nom. Pirkanmaamme — gen. Pirkanmaamme genitive Pirkanmaamme — partitive Pirkanmaatamme — inessive Pirkanmaassamme — elative Pirkanmaastamme — illative Pirkanmaahamme — adessive Pirkanmaallamme — ablative Pirkanmaaltamme — allative Pirkanmaallemme — essive Pirkanmaanamme — translative Pirkanmaaksemme — abessive Pirkanmaattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Pirkanmaanne — accusative nom. Pirkanmaanne — gen. Pirkanmaanne genitive Pirkanmaanne — partitive Pirkanmaatanne — inessive Pirkanmaassanne — elative Pirkanmaastanne — illative Pirkanmaahanne — adessive Pirkanmaallanne — ablative Pirkanmaaltanne — allative Pirkanmaallenne — essive Pirkanmaananne — translative Pirkanmaaksenne — abessive Pirkanmaattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Pirkanmaansa — accusative nom. Pirkanmaansa — gen. Pirkanmaansa genitive Pirkanmaansa — partitive Pirkanmaataan Pirkanmaatansa — inessive Pirkanmaassaan Pirkanmaassansa — elative Pirkanmaastaan Pirkanmaastansa — illative Pirkanmaahansa — adessive Pirkanmaallaan Pirkanmaallansa — ablative Pirkanmaaltaan Pirkanmaaltansa — allative Pirkanmaalleen Pirkanmaallensa — essive Pirkanmaanaan Pirkanmaanansa — translative Pirkanmaakseen Pirkanmaaksensa — abessive Pirkanmaattaan Pirkanmaattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• pirkanmaalainen

Anagrams

• ankarampi