Cajania en · PROPN
Etymology
From Swedish Kajana (“Kainuu”), probably from Russian каяний (kajanij) and каянский (kajanskij) and cognate with Finnish Kainuu and Old Norse Old Norse kvenir.
Meanings
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(historical) A region of Finland.
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...
1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 7
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(historical) Former name of Oulu, a lake in Finland.
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...
1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 7