Keskustojen

Keskustojen is a Finnish inflected form rather than a standalone lexical item. It is the genitive plural form of the noun keskusta, which means center or central area, and it can also function as the genitive plural of the proper noun Keskusta, the name of Finland’s Centre Party. In everyday Finnish, keskusta refers to the geographical center of a place or to a central part of something, while the plural nominative is keskustat. The genitive plural keskustojen is used to indicate possession or relation to multiple centers, for example: Keskustojen tilat (the centers’ facilities) or Keskustojen suunnitelmat (the centers’ plans).

When Keskusta is used as the name of a political party, the form Keskustojen can appear in contexts discussing the party in the plural sense (for example in cross-border or comparative discussions about centre parties in different countries). In standard prose referring to a single country’s party, one would typically employ Keskustan (the Centre Party’s) in the singular, e.g., Keskustan ohjelma (the Centre Party’s program). The general point is that keskustojen is not a separate dictionary headword; it is a grammatical form indicating possession or association with multiple centers or, in capitalized use, with the Centre Party as a proper noun in plural contexts.