Nevanlinna
English
Etymology
Borrowing from Finnish Nevanlinna (from (genitive of) Neva + linna (“fortress”)); the Finnish name for a 17th-century Swedish fortress at the confluence of the Neva and Okhta Rivers, at the site of present-day Saint Petersburg, Russia. For more see 
Nyenschantz on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Proper noun
Nevanlinna
- A surname from Finnish.
- (used attributively) Finnish mathematician Rolf Nevanlinna.
Finnish
Etymology
Nevan (“of (river) Neva”) + linna (“castle, fortress”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈneʋɑnˌlinːɑ/, [ˈne̞ʋɑnˌlinːɑ]
- Rhymes: -inːɑ
- Syllabification(key): Ne‧van‧lin‧na
Proper noun
Nevanlinna
- Nyenschantz, Nyen (former Swedish fortress at the confluence of the Neva River and Okhta River, at a site now occupied by the Russian city of Saint Petersburg)
- a surname
Declension
| Inflection of Nevanlinna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Nevanlinna | — | |
| genitive | Nevanlinnan | — | |
| partitive | Nevanlinnaa | — | |
| illative | Nevanlinnaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Nevanlinna | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Nevanlinna | — |
| gen. | Nevanlinnan | ||
| genitive | Nevanlinnan | — | |
| partitive | Nevanlinnaa | — | |
| inessive | Nevanlinnassa | — | |
| elative | Nevanlinnasta | — | |
| illative | Nevanlinnaan | — | |
| adessive | Nevanlinnalla | — | |
| ablative | Nevanlinnalta | — | |
| allative | Nevanlinnalle | — | |
| essive | Nevanlinnana | — | |
| translative | Nevanlinnaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Nevanlinnatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Nevanlinna (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Nevanlinnani | Nevanlinnamme |
| 2nd person | Nevanlinnasi | Nevanlinnanne |
| 3rd person | Nevanlinnansa | |