# Karjaa
## English
### Proper noun

Karjaa
* Synonym of Karis, Finland.

## Finnish
### Etymology

Possibly from karja (potentially through varieties of Estonian), through the name of the lake Karjaanjärvi from scarcely attested dialectal karjas (“boisterous, rapid, loud; rutty, lustful”) (possibly onomatopoeic or derived from karja), or from a dialectal adjective karea (“dry, hard”) (akin to karkea).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑrjɑː/, [ˈkɑ̝rjɑ̝ː]
* Rhymes: -ɑrjɑː
* Hyphenation: Kar‧jaa

### Proper noun

Karjaa
* A former town and municipality in the west of Uusimaa region, now part of Raasepori.

#### Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Karjaa" is Karjaalla.
Possessive forms of Karjaa (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Karjaani
accusative
nom.
Karjaani
gen.
Karjaani
genitive
Karjaani
partitive
Karjaatani
inessive
Karjaassani
elative
Karjaastani
illative
Karjaaseeni
adessive
Karjaallani
ablative
Karjaaltani
allative
Karjaalleni
essive
Karjaanani
translative
Karjaakseni
abessive
Karjaattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Karjaasi
accusative
nom.
Karjaasi
gen.
Karjaasi
genitive
Karjaasi
partitive
Karjaatasi
inessive
Karjaassasi
elative
Karjaastasi
illative
Karjaaseesi
adessive
Karjaallasi
ablative
Karjaaltasi
allative
Karjaallesi
essive
Karjaanasi
translative
Karjaaksesi
abessive
Karjaattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Karjaamme
accusative
nom.
Karjaamme
gen.
Karjaamme
genitive
Karjaamme
partitive
Karjaatamme
inessive
Karjaassamme
elative
Karjaastamme
illative
Karjaaseemme
adessive
Karjaallamme
ablative
Karjaaltamme
allative
Karjaallemme
essive
Karjaanamme
translative
Karjaaksemme
abessive
Karjaattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Karjaanne
accusative
nom.
Karjaanne
gen.
Karjaanne
genitive
Karjaanne
partitive
Karjaatanne
inessive
Karjaassanne
elative
Karjaastanne
illative
Karjaaseenne
adessive
Karjaallanne
ablative
Karjaaltanne
allative
Karjaallenne
essive
Karjaananne
translative
Karjaaksenne
abessive
Karjaattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Karjaansa
accusative
nom.
Karjaansa
gen.
Karjaansa
genitive
Karjaansa
partitive
Karjaataan Karjaatansa
inessive
Karjaassaan Karjaassansa
elative
Karjaastaan Karjaastansa
illative
Karjaaseensa
adessive
Karjaallaan Karjaallansa
ablative
Karjaaltaan Karjaaltansa
allative
Karjaalleen Karjaallensa
essive
Karjaanaan Karjaanansa
translative
Karjaakseen Karjaaksensa
abessive
Karjaattaan Karjaattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* Karjalohja

#### Descendants

* →⇒ Swedish: Karis

### References

* ↑ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
* ↑ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN