Alueetsekä

Alueetsekä is a Finnish term that translates loosely to "areas and" or "regions and." It is not a commonly used standalone word in Finnish but rather appears as a grammatical construct combining a plural noun meaning "areas" or "regions" with the conjunction "sekä," which means "and." Therefore, "alueetsekä" is typically followed by another noun or noun phrase to create a list or enumerate multiple distinct areas or regions.

For example, in a sentence like "kaupungin keskusta-alueetsekä sen ympäristökylät" (the city's downtown areas and its surrounding villages), "alueetsekä" serves to connect the initial mention of urban areas with the subsequent mention of rural ones. The meaning is entirely dependent on the words that follow it. It signifies a desire to include both the preceding category of areas or regions and the subsequent one in a particular context, whether for planning, description, or discussion. The construction emphasizes a dual focus, encompassing both the specified regions and whatever is added after the conjunction.