Joroinen

Finnish

Etymology

From a Karelian vernacular form *Joroi of Russian Ерофей (Jerofej) +‎ -inen.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjoroi̯nen/, [ˈjo̞ro̞i̯ne̞n]
  • Rhymes: -oroinen
  • Syllabification(key): Jo‧roi‧nen
  • Hyphenation(key): Jo‧roi‧nen

Proper noun

Joroinen

  1. a municipality of Northern Savonia

Declension

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Joroinen" is Joroisissa. Note that the inflected forms are formed as if they were plural.

Derived terms

References

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

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