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
  • Hyphenation: a‧lu‧e‧hal‧lin‧to‧vi‧ras‧to

Noun

aluehallintovirasto

  1. 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 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative aluehallintovirasto aluehallintovirastot
genitive aluehallintoviraston aluehallintovirastojen
aluehallintovirastoiden
aluehallintovirastoitten
partitive aluehallintovirastoa aluehallintovirastoja
aluehallintovirastoita
illative aluehallintovirastoon aluehallintovirastoihin
singular plural
nominative aluehallintovirasto aluehallintovirastot
accusative nom. aluehallintovirasto aluehallintovirastot
gen. aluehallintoviraston
genitive aluehallintoviraston aluehallintovirastojen
aluehallintovirastoiden
aluehallintovirastoitten
partitive aluehallintovirastoa aluehallintovirastoja
aluehallintovirastoita
inessive aluehallintovirastossa aluehallintovirastoissa
elative aluehallintovirastosta aluehallintovirastoista
illative aluehallintovirastoon aluehallintovirastoihin
adessive aluehallintovirastolla aluehallintovirastoilla
ablative aluehallintovirastolta aluehallintovirastoilta
allative aluehallintovirastolle aluehallintovirastoille
essive aluehallintovirastona aluehallintovirastoina
translative aluehallintovirastoksi aluehallintovirastoiksi
instructive — aluehallintovirastoin
abessive aluehallintovirastotta aluehallintovirastoitta
comitative — aluehallintovirastoineen

Synonyms

See also
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