Ranua

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English

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Proper noun

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Ranua

  1. A municipality of Lapland, Finland

Translations

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Originally a farm name (whence the name of the town and the surname). Possibly from dialectal Tavastian ranu, kranu (bad, stunted, runty, weak), perhaps through the name for a poor field or bog,[1] of unknown further origin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑnuɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝nuɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnuɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Ra‧nu‧a

Proper noun

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Ranua

  1. Ranua
  2. a Finnish surname

Declension

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

Inflection of Ranua (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Ranua Ranuat
genitive Ranuan Ranuoiden
Ranuoitten
partitive Ranuaa Ranuoita
illative Ranuaan Ranuoihin
singular plural
nominative Ranua Ranuat
accusative nom. Ranua Ranuat
gen. Ranuan
genitive Ranuan Ranuoiden
Ranuoitten
Ranuain rare
partitive Ranuaa Ranuoita
inessive Ranuassa Ranuoissa
elative Ranuasta Ranuoista
illative Ranuaan Ranuoihin
adessive Ranualla Ranuoilla
ablative Ranualta Ranuoilta
allative Ranualle Ranuoille
essive Ranuana Ranuoina
translative Ranuaksi Ranuoiksi
abessive Ranuatta Ranuoitta
instructive Ranuoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Ranua (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ranuani Ranuani
accusative nom. Ranuani Ranuani
gen. Ranuani
genitive Ranuani Ranuoideni
Ranuoitteni
Ranuaini rare
partitive Ranuaani Ranuoitani
inessive Ranuassani Ranuoissani
elative Ranuastani Ranuoistani
illative Ranuaani Ranuoihini
adessive Ranuallani Ranuoillani
ablative Ranualtani Ranuoiltani
allative Ranualleni Ranuoilleni
essive Ranuanani Ranuoinani
translative Ranuakseni Ranuoikseni
abessive Ranuattani Ranuoittani
instructive
comitative Ranuoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ranuasi Ranuasi
accusative nom. Ranuasi Ranuasi
gen. Ranuasi
genitive Ranuasi Ranuoidesi
Ranuoittesi
Ranuaisi rare
partitive Ranuaasi Ranuoitasi
inessive Ranuassasi Ranuoissasi
elative Ranuastasi Ranuoistasi
illative Ranuaasi Ranuoihisi
adessive Ranuallasi Ranuoillasi
ablative Ranualtasi Ranuoiltasi
allative Ranuallesi Ranuoillesi
essive Ranuanasi Ranuoinasi
translative Ranuaksesi Ranuoiksesi
abessive Ranuattasi Ranuoittasi
instructive
comitative Ranuoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ranuamme Ranuamme
accusative nom. Ranuamme Ranuamme
gen. Ranuamme
genitive Ranuamme Ranuoidemme
Ranuoittemme
Ranuaimme rare
partitive Ranuaamme Ranuoitamme
inessive Ranuassamme Ranuoissamme
elative Ranuastamme Ranuoistamme
illative Ranuaamme Ranuoihimme
adessive Ranuallamme Ranuoillamme
ablative Ranualtamme Ranuoiltamme
allative Ranuallemme Ranuoillemme
essive Ranuanamme Ranuoinamme
translative Ranuaksemme Ranuoiksemme
abessive Ranuattamme Ranuoittamme
instructive
comitative Ranuoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ranuanne Ranuanne
accusative nom. Ranuanne Ranuanne
gen. Ranuanne
genitive Ranuanne Ranuoidenne
Ranuoittenne
Ranuainne rare
partitive Ranuaanne Ranuoitanne
inessive Ranuassanne Ranuoissanne
elative Ranuastanne Ranuoistanne
illative Ranuaanne Ranuoihinne
adessive Ranuallanne Ranuoillanne
ablative Ranualtanne Ranuoiltanne
allative Ranuallenne Ranuoillenne
essive Ranuananne Ranuoinanne
translative Ranuaksenne Ranuoiksenne
abessive Ranuattanne Ranuoittanne
instructive
comitative Ranuoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Ranuansa Ranuansa
accusative nom. Ranuansa Ranuansa
gen. Ranuansa
genitive Ranuansa Ranuoidensa
Ranuoittensa
Ranuainsa rare
partitive Ranuaansa Ranuoitaan
Ranuoitansa
inessive Ranuassaan
Ranuassansa
Ranuoissaan
Ranuoissansa
elative Ranuastaan
Ranuastansa
Ranuoistaan
Ranuoistansa
illative Ranuaansa Ranuoihinsa
adessive Ranuallaan
Ranuallansa
Ranuoillaan
Ranuoillansa
ablative Ranualtaan
Ranualtansa
Ranuoiltaan
Ranuoiltansa
allative Ranualleen
Ranuallensa
Ranuoilleen
Ranuoillensa
essive Ranuanaan
Ranuanansa
Ranuoinaan
Ranuoinansa
translative Ranuakseen
Ranuaksensa
Ranuoikseen
Ranuoiksensa
abessive Ranuattaan
Ranuattansa
Ranuoittaan
Ranuoittansa
instructive
comitative Ranuoineen
Ranuoinensa

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: Ranua
  • Swedish: Ranua
  • Chinese: 拉努阿 (Lānǔ'ā) (transliteration)

Statistics

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  • Ranua is the 2830th (tied with 9 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 279 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

References

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  1. ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN

Anagrams

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