# Salla
## English
### Proper noun

Salla
* A municipality of Lapland, Finland.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* la-la-s, la-las, salal

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Northern Sami Salla. As a given name also inspired by Salli and Saara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɑlːɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝lːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑlːɑ
* Hyphenation: Sal‧la

### Proper noun

Salla
* (uncountable) Salla (a municipality of Lapland, Finland)
    Synonym: (before 1936) Kuolajärvi
* a female given name transferred from the place name
** 2007, Esa Sariola: Valtakirja, →ISBN, page 7:Inkeri. Mitä varten niin pienellä tytöllä oli sellainen nimi? Minä tiesin, koska olin kysynyt. Nimi tuli Sallan isoäidiltä, eikä sillä hänen tietääkseen ollut mitään erityisempää merkitystä. Se oli vain kaunis nimi, jonka hän halusi säilyttää suvussa. Niinhän ne nimet kiertävät. Mutta kyllä sillä merkitys oli. Hänellä oli nimittäin myös isosetä, nimeltään Aunus, ja isotäti Viena. Aunus, Inkeri, Viena ja Salla, rajantakaista Karjalaa kaikki paitsi Salla, mutta sieltäkin oli Neuvostoliitto sodassa riistänyt ison palan. Historia eli pienessä tytössä, jonka hänen äitinsä oli omien isovanhempiensa esimerkin mukaan nimennyt kenties ajattelematta, että aikanaan nimi oli julistanut Suur-Suomea ja heimoaatetta, luultavasti heimosotiakin.Inkeri. What for did such a young girl have a name like that? I knew, since I had asked that question. The name came from Salla's grandmother, and as far as she knew, it didn't have any special meaning. It was just a beautiful name that she wanted to keep going in the family. That's how names tend to go, after all. But it did have a meaning. She also had a great uncle named Aunus, and a great aunt named Viena. Aunus, Inkeri, Viena and Salla, all in the ceded Karelia except for Salla, which too had had a large piece taken off it by the Soviets after the war. That little girl had a piece of history living in her, that her mother had named after her grandparents' example perhaps without thinking about how the name had once stood for Greater Finland and heimoaate, perhaps even for the Heimosodat.
* a Finnish surname transferred from the place name

#### Declension

* (municipality): The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used when referring to a location; for example, "in Salla" is Sallassa.
Possessive forms of Salla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sallani
Sallani
accusative
nom.
Sallani
Sallani
gen.
Sallani
genitive
Sallani
Sallojeni Sallaini $^{rare}$
partitive
Sallaani
Sallojani
inessive
Sallassani
Salloissani
elative
Sallastani
Salloistani
illative
Sallaani
Salloihini
adessive
Sallallani
Salloillani
ablative
Sallaltani
Salloiltani
allative
Sallalleni
Salloilleni
essive
Sallanani
Salloinani
translative
Sallakseni
Salloikseni
abessive
Sallattani
Salloittani
instructive
comitative
—Salloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sallasi
Sallasi
accusative
nom.
Sallasi
Sallasi
gen.
Sallasi
genitive
Sallasi
Sallojesi Sallaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Sallaasi
Sallojasi
inessive
Sallassasi
Salloissasi
elative
Sallastasi
Salloistasi
illative
Sallaasi
Salloihisi
adessive
Sallallasi
Salloillasi
ablative
Sallaltasi
Salloiltasi
allative
Sallallesi
Salloillesi
essive
Sallanasi
Salloinasi
translative
Sallaksesi
Salloiksesi
abessive
Sallattasi
Salloittasi
instructive
comitative
—Salloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sallamme
Sallamme
accusative
nom.
Sallamme
Sallamme
gen.
Sallamme
genitive
Sallamme
Sallojemme Sallaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Sallaamme
Sallojamme
inessive
Sallassamme
Salloissamme
elative
Sallastamme
Salloistamme
illative
Sallaamme
Salloihimme
adessive
Sallallamme
Salloillamme
ablative
Sallaltamme
Salloiltamme
allative
Sallallemme
Salloillemme
essive
Sallanamme
Salloinamme
translative
Sallaksemme
Salloiksemme
abessive
Sallattamme
Salloittamme
instructive
comitative
—Salloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sallanne
Sallanne
accusative
nom.
Sallanne
Sallanne
gen.
Sallanne
genitive
Sallanne
Sallojenne Sallainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Sallaanne
Sallojanne
inessive
Sallassanne
Salloissanne
elative
Sallastanne
Salloistanne
illative
Sallaanne
Salloihinne
adessive
Sallallanne
Salloillanne
ablative
Sallaltanne
Salloiltanne
allative
Sallallenne
Salloillenne
essive
Sallananne
Salloinanne
translative
Sallaksenne
Salloiksenne
abessive
Sallattanne
Salloittanne
instructive
comitative
—Salloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sallansa
Sallansa
accusative
nom.
Sallansa
Sallansa
gen.
Sallansa
genitive
Sallansa
Sallojensa Sallainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Sallaansa
Sallojaan Sallojansa
inessive
Sallassaan Sallassansa
Salloissaan Salloissansa
elative
Sallastaan Sallastansa
Salloistaan Salloistansa
illative
Sallaansa
Salloihinsa
adessive
Sallallaan Sallallansa
Salloillaan Salloillansa
ablative
Sallaltaan Sallaltansa
Salloiltaan Salloiltansa
allative
Sallalleen Sallallensa
Salloilleen Salloillensa
essive
Sallanaan Sallanansa
Salloinaan Salloinansa
translative
Sallakseen Sallaksensa
Salloikseen Salloiksensa
abessive
Sallattaan Sallattansa
Salloittaan Salloittansa
instructive
comitative
—Salloineen Salloinensa :

#### Derived terms

* sallalainen

#### Statistics

* Salla is the 133rd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 5,443 female individuals (and as a middle name to 504 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
* The surname Salla belongs to 221 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

### See also

* other female names from places in Lapland: Saana, Inari

### Further reading

* Salla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* allas

## Northern Sami
### Etymology

Unknown. Has been compared to Lule Sami sálla (“crack, crevasse”), but the similarity may be a coincidence.

### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈsalːla/

### Proper noun

Salˈla
* Salla (a municipality of Lapland, Finland)

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: Salla

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland