Alueissa

alueissa is the inessive plural form of the Finnish noun alue, meaning “area” or “region.” It expresses location inside multiple regions and is commonly used in geographic, administrative, and statistical writing to refer to things occurring within several areas.

In Finnish grammar, the inessive case marks location inside a place, and the plural ending -issa indicates more than one area. The corresponding singular inessive is alueessa, while the nominative plural is alueet and the genitive plural is alueiden. The form follows regular Finnish declension patterns for nouns ending in -e, with the appropriate plural ending attached to the stem.

Typical usage includes descriptions of regional differences, environmental conditions, demographics, or planning and policy discussions that span several regions. It is often found in research reports, government documents, news articles, and regional analyses where multiple areas are being compared or described.

Examples: “Alueissa on monipuolista kasvillisuutta.” “Tutkimus kattoi alueissa tapahtuneita muutoksia viime vuosikymmenen aikana.” These sentences illustrate how alueissa situates observations or changes within several regions rather than a single location.

Related terms include alue (area/region), seutu (broader regional area), and paikannimet (place names). The distinction among these terms can reflect scale, administrative boundaries, or common usage in regional discourse.