Venäjä

Ultimately from the Germanic name for the Wends (or any Slavs),^[1][2] through the now rare noun venät (“Russian”) by later analogy with the genitive forms; see venät for more. The shorter root is found in derivations like venäläinen and in other Finnic languages like Veps veńa. Cognates include Estonian vene, Venemaa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋenæjæ/, [ˈʋe̞næjæ]

• Audio: "Venäjä, venäläinen, venäläiset, venäjän kieli":

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• Rhymes: -enæjæ
• Syllabification^(key): Ve‧nä‧jä
• Hyphenation^(key): Ve‧nä‧jä

Venäjä

1. Russia (a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Venäjä

• Unlike with most other countries, the external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used when referring to a location; for example, "in Russia" is Venäjällä. As a consequence, the use of the internal locative forms Venäjään, Venäjässä, Venäjästä is limited to some expressions.

  Menin Venäjälle. ― I went to Russia.

  Olin Venäjällä. ― I was in Russia.

  Tulin Venäjältä. ― I came from Russia.