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Alavus.

Alavus (a town and municipality of South Ostrobothnia, Finland)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈɑlɑʋus/[ˈɑ̝lɑ̝ʋus̠]
  1. Alavus (a town and municipality of South Ostrobothnia, Finland)

Where this word comes from

From the lake name *Alavojärvi (with later adaptation into the kalleus inflection type), in some way based on ala- (“lower, below”), i.e. “the downriver lake” (compared to some others in the area like Sapsalampi). The exact morphological derivation remains obscure.

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