# Ilomantsi
## English
### Proper noun

Ilomantsi
* A municipality and village in North Karelia, Finland.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* miltonias

## Finnish
### Etymology

Originally the name of the nearby lake, derived from Sami, ultimately from Proto-Samic *ëlēmānčë (“highest, uppermost, topmost”) (whence Northern Sami alimuš), thus a distant doublet of ylimmäinen (specifically its oblique stem ylimmäise-).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiloˌmɑntsi/, [ˈilo̞ˌmɑ̝n.ts̠i]
* Rhymes: -ɑntsi
* Hyphenation: Ilo‧mantsi

### Proper noun

Ilomantsi
* Ilomantsi (a municipality and village in North Karelia, Finland)

#### Declension

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Ilomantsi" is Ilomantsissa.
Possessive forms of Ilomantsi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ilomantsini
accusative
nom.
Ilomantsini
gen.
Ilomantsini
genitive
Ilomantsini
partitive
Ilomantsiani
inessive
Ilomantsissani
elative
Ilomantsistani
illative
Ilomantsiini
adessive
Ilomantsillani
ablative
Ilomantsiltani
allative
Ilomantsilleni
essive
Ilomantsinani
translative
Ilomantsikseni
abessive
Ilomantsittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ilomantsisi
accusative
nom.
Ilomantsisi
gen.
Ilomantsisi
genitive
Ilomantsisi
partitive
Ilomantsiasi
inessive
Ilomantsissasi
elative
Ilomantsistasi
illative
Ilomantsiisi
adessive
Ilomantsillasi
ablative
Ilomantsiltasi
allative
Ilomantsillesi
essive
Ilomantsinasi
translative
Ilomantsiksesi
abessive
Ilomantsittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ilomantsimme
accusative
nom.
Ilomantsimme
gen.
Ilomantsimme
genitive
Ilomantsimme
partitive
Ilomantsiamme
inessive
Ilomantsissamme
elative
Ilomantsistamme
illative
Ilomantsiimme
adessive
Ilomantsillamme
ablative
Ilomantsiltamme
allative
Ilomantsillemme
essive
Ilomantsinamme
translative
Ilomantsiksemme
abessive
Ilomantsittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ilomantsinne
accusative
nom.
Ilomantsinne
gen.
Ilomantsinne
genitive
Ilomantsinne
partitive
Ilomantsianne
inessive
Ilomantsissanne
elative
Ilomantsistanne
illative
Ilomantsiinne
adessive
Ilomantsillanne
ablative
Ilomantsiltanne
allative
Ilomantsillenne
essive
Ilomantsinanne
translative
Ilomantsiksenne
abessive
Ilomantsittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ilomantsinsa
accusative
nom.
Ilomantsinsa
gen.
Ilomantsinsa
genitive
Ilomantsinsa
partitive
Ilomantsiaan Ilomantsiansa
inessive
Ilomantsissaan Ilomantsissansa
elative
Ilomantsistaan Ilomantsistansa
illative
Ilomantsiinsa
adessive
Ilomantsillaan Ilomantsillansa
ablative
Ilomantsiltaan Ilomantsiltansa
allative
Ilomantsilleen Ilomantsillensa
essive
Ilomantsinaan Ilomantsinansa
translative
Ilomantsikseen Ilomantsiksensa
abessive
Ilomantsittaan Ilomantsittansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* ilomantsilainen

### References

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