Saloinen

Finnish

Etymology

salo (“(large) island”) +‎ -inen. Called simply Salo prior to 1913. The nearby area likely originally had an island (before it ceased to be one due to glacial rebound).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑloi̯nen/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝lo̞i̯ne̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑloinen
• Syllabification^(key): Sa‧loi‧nen
• Hyphenation^(key): Sa‧loi‧nen

Proper noun

Saloinen

1. A former municipality in Finland, merged with Raahe in 1973.

Declension

Inflection of Saloinen (type 38/nainen) singular plural nominative Saloinen – genitive – Saloisten partitive Saloista Saloisia accusative Saloinen Saloisen – inessive – Saloisissa elative – Saloisista illative – Saloisiin adessive – Saloisilla ablative – Saloisilta allative – Saloisille essive – Saloisina translative Saloiseksi Saloisiksi abessive – Saloisitta instructive – Saloisin comitative – Saloisineen

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Saloinen" is Saloisissa. Note that the inflected forms are formed as if they were plural.