Maakunnan

Maakunnan is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun maakunta, which designates a region or province within Finland. The word maakunta is a compound of maa (land) and kunta (municipality), reflecting its historical role as a larger administrative area composed of multiple municipalities.

The form maakunnan is used to express possession or association, functioning like the English “of the province” or the possessive in Finnish. It appears in phrases such as maakunnan hallitus (the province’s/region’s government), maakunnan alue (the province’s region), or maakunnan viranomaiset (the province’s authorities). It is also common in legal or official texts describing regional entities or attributes.

In grammar, maakunnan is the genitive singular; other forms of the word include nominative maakunta, genitive plural maakuntien, and partitive maakuntaa. The genitive singular is formed by adding -n to the stem maakunta.

In Finland, maakunta refers to a regional level of government. The exact number and status of maakunnat has changed over time as part of administrative reforms, but the term remains widely used to describe a regional unit or its characteristics. In translation, maakunnan is typically rendered as “of the province” or “provincial,” depending on context.