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(Message started by: Fritzlein on Jun 24^th, 2006, 2:19am)

Title: I've always wanted to go to Finland
Post by Fritzlein on Jun 24^th, 2006, 2:19am

Is this a hoax, or is there really an Arimaa, Finland?

http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/finland/map/p6157027/arimaa.html

Title: Re: I've always wanted to go to Finalnd
Post by DorianGaray on Jun 24^th, 2006, 4:42am

If this is a hoax then it's an elaborate one. Check this:

http://www.indexmundi.com/zl/fi/440.htm

There are millions of different locations around the world. This is just a coincidence, although an amusing one.

Title: Re: I've always wanted to go to Finalnd
Post by Adanac on Jun 24^th, 2006, 7:37am

on 06/24/06 at 02:19:37, Fritzlein wrote:

Is this a hoax, or is there really an Arimaa, Finland?

http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/finland/map/p6157027/arimaa.html

Cool, Arimaa will get a disambiguation page on Wikipedia :)

We could throw this in too:
http://www.daingore.com/small_monsters.html

Title: Re: I've always wanted to go to Finalnd
Post by leo on Jun 29^th, 2006, 3:22am

Arimaa the town might be a Suomi compound word in which maa means land or country, while ari is probably the erosion of some word. Any Suomi speaker here to help us with the etymology of the word?

Title: Re: I've always wanted to go to Finalnd
Post by 99of9 on Jul 2^nd, 2006, 12:12am

I vote that the first live Arimaa tournament/convention be scheduled on the shores of Lake Arimaa.

Title: Re: I've always wanted to go to Finalnd
Post by DorianGaray on Jul 2^nd, 2006, 8:09am

on 06/29/06 at 03:22:43, leo wrote:

Arimaa the town might be a Suomi compound word in which maa means land or country, while ari is probably the erosion of some word. Any Suomi speaker here to help us with the etymology of the word?

I could introduce you to a Sumo wrestler but I doubt it would help. ;D

Title: Re: I've always wanted to go to Finalnd
Post by Fritzlein on Jul 2^nd, 2006, 1:35pm

New slogan: Arimaa is a cross between chess and Sumo wrestling. Or should that be Suomi wrestling? ;)

Title: Re: I've always wanted to go to Finland
Post by omar on Jul 20^th, 2006, 10:49pm

Someone had told me once that Arimaa ment 'male lion' in Tamil (a language spoken in India). But I had no idea there a place called Arimaa. I second 99of9's idea :-)

Title: Re: I've always wanted to go to Finland
Post by camelback on Apr 17^th, 2007, 12:51am

on 07/20/06 at 22:49:38, omar wrote:

Someone had told me once that Arimaa ment 'male lion' in Tamil (a language spoken in India). But I had no idea there a place called Arimaa. I second 99of9's idea :-)

This is true, Tamil is my language. Though we pronounce the same way as Arimaa for "male lion" but we write as "Arima" in transliteration.

Interestingly, I just started a page on "Arimaa" on Tamil wikipedia and I have to create disambiguation page first because, an article already there for Male lion. :)

Title: Re: I've always wanted to go to Finland
Post by Cyestd on Feb 24^th, 2008, 4:40pm

Ari is a common Finnish male given name. "Maa" can mean earth, land, ground or country, and "Arimaa" would mean "Ariland". As a native Finnish speaker that seems strange to me -- I'd expect the name to be "Arinmaa" ("Ari's Land"). But there could have been an n which disappeared over time. This theory seems plausible because the n makes "arinmaa" a bit laborious to pronounce, and if the word is said quickly, the n easily becomes inaudible, but the other phonems do not.

Then there are other possibilities. "Ari" could be an eroded version of "kari" (rock, reef, shoal), or maybe the entire name is actually of, say, Swedish origin. Some names of places in Finland have no likely etymological connection to any known language and are attributed to an unknown and extinct language. Still, I think "Arimaa" sounds like it could easily be Finnish, and it definitely doesn't sound like Swedish.

These are just my speculations and what I remember reading/hearing from somewhere. I'll write another reply if I come across some verified information.

As for the live tournament, Lake Arimaa is in Southern Finland so it's quite accessible. I'm not sure if there are any shops within walking distance of Lake Arimaa, but a part of the shores belongs to a nature reserve, so at least the scenery should be nice in the area.