Inari
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Japanese 稲荷 (Inari).
==== Proper noun ====
Inari
(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The god of harvests, fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry, and worldly success.
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Proper noun ====
Inari
A lake in Lapland, Finland.
A municipality of Lapland, Finland.
A village in the municipality of Inari, Lapland, Finland.
A Saami language: the Inari Sami.
(astronomy) 1532 Inari, a main belt asteroid.
===== Translations =====
==== Further reading ====
Ethnologue entry for Inari, smn
=== Anagrams ===
INRIA, Irani, Riina, irian
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
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.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈinɑri/, [ˈinɑ̝ri]
Rhymes: -inɑri
Syllabification(key): I‧na‧ri
Hyphenation(key): I‧na‧ri
=== Proper noun ===
Inari
(uncountable) Inari (a lake in Lapland, Finland)
(uncountable) Inari (a municipality of Lapland, Finland)
(uncountable) Inari (a village in the municipality of Inari, Lapland, Finland)
(uncountable) Inari (asteroid)
a female given name transferred from the place name
(dated, rare) a male given name transferred from the place name
==== Declension ====
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Inari" is Inarissa.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Statistics ====
Inari is the 447th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 884 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,282 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 21 male individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
=== References ===
=== Anagrams ===
Irina, Riina
== Japanese ==
=== Romanization ===
Inari
Rōmaji transcription of いなり
== Portuguese ==
=== Proper noun ===
Inari f
Inari (a municipality of Lapland, Finland)
Inari (a village in the municipality of Inari, Lapland, Finland)
=== Proper noun ===
Inari m
Inari (a lake in Lapland, Finland)