Cajanaburg

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Former name of Kajaani (“a town in Finland”). historical

    "CAJANABURG, the capital of the province of Cajania, or eaſt Bothnia in Sweden, ſituated on the north-eaſt part of the lake Cajania, about three hundred miles north-eaſt of Abo..."

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"CAJANABURG, the capital of the province of Cajania, or eaſt Bothnia in Sweden, ſituated on the north-eaſt part of the lake Cajania, about three hundred miles north-eaſt of Abo..."

Etymology

From Swedish Kajaneborg, from Kajana (“Kainuu”) + borg (“-burg: town”), probably from Russian каяний (kajanij) and каянский (kajanskij) and cognate with Finnish Kainuu and Old Norse Old Norse kvenir. Equivalent to Cajania + -burg.

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