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Kajaani.

Kajaani (a town and municipality of Kainuu, Finland)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

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name/ˈkɑjɑːni/[ˈkɑ̝jɑ̝ːni]

  1. Kajaani (a town and municipality of Kainuu, Finland)

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  2. a Finnish surname

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Where this word comes from

From the initial part of Swedish Kajaneborg, which is of the same origin as in Swedish Kajanaland (“Kainuu”), probably from Russian каяний (kajanij), каянский (kajanskij) (compare Russian Каянская земля (Kajanskaja zemlja, “Kvenland?”)), in turn somehow from or akin to Kainuu (see it for more). First attested as Caijane Socken (with Swedish socken) in 1650.

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