Ahvenamaa

== Estonian == === Etymology === Uncertain. Possibly from ahven (“perch”) + maa (“land”), the first term can possibly be derived from Proto-Norse ᚨᚺᚹᚨᛚᚨᚾᛞ (ahwaland, “water-land”). See Finnish Ahvenanmaa for further etymology. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑhvenɑˌmɑː/, [ˈɑhvenɑˌmɑː] Rhymes: -ɑː Hyphenation: Ah‧ve‧na‧maa === Proper noun === Ahvenamaa (genitive Ahvenamaa, partitive Ahvenamaad) Åland (an autonomous province of Finland; capital and largest city: Mariehamn) Ahvenamaale ― to Åland Ahvenamaal ― in Åland Ahvenamaalt ― from Åland Åland (an archipelago of the Baltic Sea, Finland) ==== Declension ==== === References === Ahvenamaa in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “Ahvenamaa”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN