maaalueiden

Maa-alueiden is a Finnish term used to refer to land areas or geographic tracts of land. It is the genitive plural form of maa-alue, a compound of maa ("land") and alue ("area"). In sentences it marks relation to land areas, as in phrases like maa-alueiden hallinto (administration of land areas) or maa-alueiden käyttö (use of land areas).

The term is widely used in geography, urban planning, and environmental planning. It distinguishes land areas from other spaces such as vesialueet (water areas) in policy language and mapping. It can refer to scales ranging from city districts to entire regions or countries, depending on the context. In official documents, it often appears in discussions of zoning, land ownership, or land-use categories.

In cadastral records and planning contexts, maa-alueet describes categories of use or ownership that apply to multiple parcels, such as agricultural, residential, industrial, or protected areas. The plural form emphasizes that the discussion concerns several land areas rather than a single parcel. The term is commonly found in legislative, planning, and environmental materials.

Related terms include maa-alue (singular), vesialue (water area), and maankäyttö (land use). In Finnish texts, the genitive plural form maa-alueiden is used in compound nouns such as maa-alueiden hallinto or maa-alueiden suunnittelu.