# Ranua
## English
### Proper noun

Ranua
* A municipality of Lapland, Finland.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Aruna, ruana

## Finnish
### Etymology

Originally a farm name (whence the name of the town and the surname). Possibly from dialectal Tavastian ranu, kranu (“bad, stunted, runty, weak”), perhaps through the name for a poor field or bog, of unknown further origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɑnuɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝nuɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑnuɑ
* Hyphenation: Ra‧nua

### Proper noun

Ranua
* Ranua (a municipality of Lapland, Finland)
* a Finnish surname

#### Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Ranua" is Ranualla.
Possessive forms of Ranua (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ranuani
Ranuani
accusative
nom.
Ranuani
Ranuani
gen.
Ranuani
genitive
Ranuani
Ranuoideni Ranuoitteni Ranuaini $^{rare}$
partitive
Ranuaani
Ranuoitani
inessive
Ranuassani
Ranuoissani
elative
Ranuastani
Ranuoistani
illative
Ranuaani
Ranuoihini
adessive
Ranuallani
Ranuoillani
ablative
Ranualtani
Ranuoiltani
allative
Ranualleni
Ranuoilleni
essive
Ranuanani
Ranuoinani
translative
Ranuakseni
Ranuoikseni
abessive
Ranuattani
Ranuoittani
instructive
comitative
—Ranuoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ranuasi
Ranuasi
accusative
nom.
Ranuasi
Ranuasi
gen.
Ranuasi
genitive
Ranuasi
Ranuoidesi Ranuoittesi Ranuaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Ranuaasi
Ranuoitasi
inessive
Ranuassasi
Ranuoissasi
elative
Ranuastasi
Ranuoistasi
illative
Ranuaasi
Ranuoihisi
adessive
Ranuallasi
Ranuoillasi
ablative
Ranualtasi
Ranuoiltasi
allative
Ranuallesi
Ranuoillesi
essive
Ranuanasi
Ranuoinasi
translative
Ranuaksesi
Ranuoiksesi
abessive
Ranuattasi
Ranuoittasi
instructive
comitative
—Ranuoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ranuamme
Ranuamme
accusative
nom.
Ranuamme
Ranuamme
gen.
Ranuamme
genitive
Ranuamme
Ranuoidemme Ranuoittemme Ranuaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Ranuaamme
Ranuoitamme
inessive
Ranuassamme
Ranuoissamme
elative
Ranuastamme
Ranuoistamme
illative
Ranuaamme
Ranuoihimme
adessive
Ranuallamme
Ranuoillamme
ablative
Ranualtamme
Ranuoiltamme
allative
Ranuallemme
Ranuoillemme
essive
Ranuanamme
Ranuoinamme
translative
Ranuaksemme
Ranuoiksemme
abessive
Ranuattamme
Ranuoittamme
instructive
comitative
—Ranuoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ranuanne
Ranuanne
accusative
nom.
Ranuanne
Ranuanne
gen.
Ranuanne
genitive
Ranuanne
Ranuoidenne Ranuoittenne Ranuainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Ranuaanne
Ranuoitanne
inessive
Ranuassanne
Ranuoissanne
elative
Ranuastanne
Ranuoistanne
illative
Ranuaanne
Ranuoihinne
adessive
Ranuallanne
Ranuoillanne
ablative
Ranualtanne
Ranuoiltanne
allative
Ranuallenne
Ranuoillenne
essive
Ranuananne
Ranuoinanne
translative
Ranuaksenne
Ranuoiksenne
abessive
Ranuattanne
Ranuoittanne
instructive
comitative
—Ranuoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ranuansa
Ranuansa
accusative
nom.
Ranuansa
Ranuansa
gen.
Ranuansa
genitive
Ranuansa
Ranuoidensa Ranuoittensa Ranuainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Ranuaansa
Ranuoitaan Ranuoitansa
inessive
Ranuassaan Ranuassansa
Ranuoissaan Ranuoissansa
elative
Ranuastaan Ranuastansa
Ranuoistaan Ranuoistansa
illative
Ranuaansa
Ranuoihinsa
adessive
Ranuallaan Ranuallansa
Ranuoillaan Ranuoillansa
ablative
Ranualtaan Ranualtansa
Ranuoiltaan Ranuoiltansa
allative
Ranualleen Ranuallensa
Ranuoilleen Ranuoillensa
essive
Ranuanaan Ranuanansa
Ranuoinaan Ranuoinansa
translative
Ranuakseen Ranuaksensa
Ranuoikseen Ranuoiksensa
abessive
Ranuattaan Ranuattansa
Ranuoittaan Ranuoittansa
instructive
comitative
—Ranuoineen Ranuoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* ranualainen

#### Descendants

* → English: Ranua
* → Swedish: Ranua
* → Chinese: 拉努阿 (Lānǔ'ā) (transliteration)

#### Statistics

* Ranua is the 2830th (tied with 9 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 279 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

### References

* ↑ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [The Book of Finnish Place Names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN

### Anagrams

* Rauna, auran, narua, naura, raanu, raaun, uraan, urana