Kajaani

== English == === Proper noun === Kajaani A town and municipality of Kainuu, Finland. ==== Synonyms ==== Cajanaburg (historical) ==== Translations ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑjɑːni/, [ˈkɑ̝jɑ̝ːni] Rhymes: -ɑjɑːni Syllabification(key): Ka‧jaa‧ni Hyphenation(key): Ka‧jaa‧ni === Proper noun === Kajaani (uncountable) Kajaani (a town and municipality of Kainuu, Finland) a Finnish surname ==== Declension ==== The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Kajaani" is Kajaanissa. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== The surname Kajaani belongs to 21 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. ==== See also ==== Kajaani (täsmennyssivu) === References ===