Rauma

Rauma

2. A town and municipality of Satakunta, Finland.
4. A municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
6. A river in Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

• Marau, Maura, amaru, marua, umara, umaraʾ, umarā

From rauma; see it for more.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑu̯mɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝u̯mɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑumɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Rau‧ma
• Hyphenation^(key): Rau‧ma

Rauma

1. Rauma (a town and municipality of Satakunta, Finland)
2. a Finnish surname

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Rauma" is Raumalla. An exception to this rule is Vanha Rauma, which refers to the old portion of the city.

• → Swedish: Raumo

• Rauma is the 1856^th (tied with 4 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 458 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Helsinki: Sanoma Pro OY. →ISBN.

• maaru, rumaa

Rauma

1. Rauma (a municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway)
2. Rauma (a river in Møre og Romsdal, Norway)

From the definite form of Old Norse Raum f, of uncertain origin. Also suggested to come from Raumá, from *raumr (“roaring waterfall”) +‎ á (“river”),^[1] although not suggested by the modern pronunciation.

• IPA^(key): [¹rœʊ̯ː.mɐ̞]
• Rhymes: -œʊːma

Rauma f

1. Rauma (a municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway)
2. Rauma (a river in Møre og Romsdal, Norway)

• Romsdal(en)