Oulu

English

Etymology

From Finnish Oulu.

Proper noun

Oulu

  1. A city in northern Finland.
  2. A town in Wisconsin.

Translations


Finnish

Etymology

Unclear, believed to be connected with the dialectal term oulu (floodwater) [1].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈou̯lu/, [ˈo̞u̯lu]
  • Hyphenation: Ou‧lu

Proper noun

Oulu

  1. Oulu (city in northern Finland, capital of North Ostrobothnia region)

Declension

Inflection of Oulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative Oulu
genitive Oulun
partitive Oulua
illative Ouluun
singular plural
nominative Oulu
accusative nom. Oulu
gen. Oulun
genitive Oulun
partitive Oulua
inessive Oulussa
elative Oulusta
illative Ouluun
adessive Oululla
ablative Oululta
allative Oululle
essive Ouluna
translative Ouluksi
instructive
abessive Oulutta
comitative

Derived terms

References

  1. Janne Saarikivi: Oulu-nimen etymologia / "Etymology of the name Oulu"
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