meritaivaan
Meritaivaan is the genitive form of the Finnish noun meritaivas. The term is primarily poetic and does not denote a formal scientific concept. Meritaivas combines meri (sea) and taivas (sky), and refers to the sky as seen over the sea—the expansive horizon where water, weather, and atmosphere meet.
In Finnish literature, poetry and song, meritaivas is used to evoke vastness, travel, longing, and maritime life,