maakunnan liitto

== Finnish == === Etymology === maakunnan (“of region or province”) + liitto (“federation, union”) === Noun === maakunnan liitto regional council (association formed by municipalities of a region, responsible for regional zoning and promotion of regional economy) ==== Usage notes ==== See usage notes under maakunta. The names of individual maakunnan liitto are formed by dropping the word maakunnan and adding the name of the region in genitive, e.g. Lapin liitto. ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== maakuntavaltuusto