Vironmaa
Finnish
Etymology
From Viron (“Estonia's”) + maa. Compare Suomenmaa (“Finland”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋironˌmɑː/, [ˈʋiro̞mˌmɑː]
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Syllabification: vi‧ron‧maa
Proper noun
Vironmaa
- (dated, poetic or colloquial) Synonym of Viro (“Estonia”).
Declension
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used when talking about location; for example, "in Vironmaa" is Vironmaalla.
| Inflection of Vironmaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Vironmaa | — | |
| genitive | Vironmaan | — | |
| partitive | Vironmaata | — | |
| illative | Vironmaahan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Vironmaa | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Vironmaa | — |
| gen. | Vironmaan | ||
| genitive | Vironmaan | — | |
| partitive | Vironmaata | — | |
| inessive | Vironmaassa | — | |
| elative | Vironmaasta | — | |
| illative | Vironmaahan | — | |
| adessive | Vironmaalla | — | |
| ablative | Vironmaalta | — | |
| allative | Vironmaalle | — | |
| essive | Vironmaana | — | |
| translative | Vironmaaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Vironmaatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Vironmaa (type maa) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Vironmaani | Vironmaamme |
| 2nd person | Vironmaasi | Vironmaanne |
| 3rd person | Vironmaansa | |
Derived terms
- vironmaalainen
Related terms
- Ranskanmaa (“France”)
- Ruotsinmaa (“Sweden”)
- Saksanmaa (“Germany”)
- Suomenmaa (“Finland”)
- Venäjänmaa (“Russia”)