Uhtua

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Karelian Uhtuo. Uncertain. Rahkonen lists tens of uht-, oht-, and vuoht- final placenames in Finland, Estonia, and norther Russia, mostly found around lakes and isthmuses. Most likely from substrate word in a lost Uralic language for “isthmus”, from Proto-Uralic *ukti ~ *ukte ~ *ukta ~ *utka. Some of the related place names may be related to huuhtoa (“to wash”) or huhta (“swidden”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈuhtuɑ/, [ˈuxt̪uɑ̝] Rhymes: -uhtuɑ Syllabification(key): Uh‧tu‧a Hyphenation(key): Uh‧tua === Proper noun === Uhtua Kalevala (an urban-type settlement, the administrative capital of the Kalevalsky District, Republic of Karelia, in northwestern Russia) ==== Declension ==== The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Uhtua" is Uhtualla. === References ===