Senja

Finnish

Etymology

Karelian form of the Russian saint's name Ксе́ния (Ksénija), Latinized as Xenia, ultimately from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitable”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈsenjɑ]
  • Hyphenation: Sen‧ja

Proper noun

Senja

  1. A female given name.

Declension
Inflection of Senja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Senja Senjat
genitive Senjan Senjojen
partitive Senjaa Senjoja
illative Senjaan Senjoihin
singular plural
nominative Senja Senjat
accusative nom. Senja Senjat
gen. Senjan
genitive Senjan Senjojen
Senjainrare
partitive Senjaa Senjoja
inessive Senjassa Senjoissa
elative Senjasta Senjoista
illative Senjaan Senjoihin
adessive Senjalla Senjoilla
ablative Senjalta Senjoilta
allative Senjalle Senjoille
essive Senjana Senjoina
translative Senjaksi Senjoiksi
instructive — Senjoin
abessive Senjatta Senjoitta
comitative — Senjoineen

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Senja

  1. an island in Troms county, the second-largest island in Norway (not including Svalbard)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Senja

  1. an island in Troms county, the second-largest island in Norway (not including Svalbard)
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