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Inari.

Inari (a lake in Lapland, Finland)

5 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈinɑri/[ˈinɑ̝ri]

  1. Inari (a lake in Lapland, Finland)

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  2. Inari (a municipality of Lapland, Finland)

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  3. Inari (a village in the municipality of Inari, Lapland, Finland)

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  4. Inari (asteroid)

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  5. a female given name transferred from the place name

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  6. a male given name transferred from the place name

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Where this word comes from

Probably from Inari Sami Aanaar, perhaps ultimately from a substrate. The name of the village is first attested as Inareby (with Swedish by) in 1556–57. The given name is probably from the place name, but may also represent a variant of Einari.

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