aluehallintovirasto
Finnish
The seven regional state government agencies with their seats indicated by red dots. The thin lines represent the borders of maakunta (regions).
Etymology
alue (“region”) + hallinto (“administration”) + virasto (“office, authority”), coined in 2009 when the reorganization of state regional administration was planned. Aluehallintovirasto replaced the former lääninhallitus, and lääni was discontinued as administrative unit from the beginning of 2010.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑlueˣˌhɑlːintoˌʋirɑsto/, [ˈɑ̝lue̞hˌhɑ̝lːin̪t̪o̞ˌʋirɑ̝s̠to̞]
- Rhymes: -irɑsto
- Syllabification(key): a‧lu‧e‧hal‧lin‧to‧vi‧ras‧to
Noun
aluehallintovirasto
- regional state administrative agency (official translation); regional branch of the state government of Finland executing all legislative implementation, steering and supervision functions in the regions.
Usage notes
Some of the regional government functions are also taken care of by ELY-keskus and maakunta.
Declension
| Inflection of aluehallintovirasto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | aluehallintovirasto | aluehallintovirastot | ||
| genitive | aluehallintoviraston | aluehallintovirastojen | ||
| partitive | aluehallintovirastoa | aluehallintovirastoja | ||
| illative | aluehallintovirastoon | aluehallintovirastoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | aluehallintovirasto | aluehallintovirastot | ||
| accusative | nom. | aluehallintovirasto | aluehallintovirastot | |
| gen. | aluehallintoviraston | |||
| genitive | aluehallintoviraston | aluehallintovirastojen | ||
| partitive | aluehallintovirastoa | aluehallintovirastoja | ||
| inessive | aluehallintovirastossa | aluehallintovirastoissa | ||
| elative | aluehallintovirastosta | aluehallintovirastoista | ||
| illative | aluehallintovirastoon | aluehallintovirastoihin | ||
| adessive | aluehallintovirastolla | aluehallintovirastoilla | ||
| ablative | aluehallintovirastolta | aluehallintovirastoilta | ||
| allative | aluehallintovirastolle | aluehallintovirastoille | ||
| essive | aluehallintovirastona | aluehallintovirastoina | ||
| translative | aluehallintovirastoksi | aluehallintovirastoiksi | ||
| abessive | aluehallintovirastotta | aluehallintovirastoitta | ||
| instructive | — | aluehallintovirastoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
See also
Further reading
- “aluehallintovirasto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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