Imatra

Imatra

2. A town and municipality of South Karelia, Finland.

• Amrita, Marita, amrita, tamari

Originally referring to the rapids (Imatrankoski); ultimate origin unknown (possibly from a lost substrate). According to Viljo Nissilä, the name may derive from earlier *Imantero or *Imanteri, perhaps from a lost given name ultimately derived from imeä.^[1] Alternatively, according to Pauli Rahkonen, possibly (although not certainly) from a Uralic (Meryan-East Chudian) substrate language, where the initial component may derive from *emä (“mother”) and the latter -dra derives from *jädrä, from *jäwrä (“lake”); thus the name would initially have referred to the lake Saimaa.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈimɑtrɑ/, [ˈimɑ̝t̪rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -imɑtrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): I‧mat‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): I‧mat‧ra

Imatra

1. Imatra (a town and municipality of South Karelia, Finland)

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Imatra" is Imatralla.

• Maarit, Marita, raamit