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Aino Huimerind
Aino may refer to: * Aino (given name), a first name in Finland and Estonia * Ainu people (sometimes called ''Aino''), an ethnic group of northern Japan * Ainu language (also sometimes called ''Aino''), the language of the Ainu people * Aino, Nagasaki, Japan, a former town, merged in 2005 into the city of Unzen * Mount Aino, a mountain in Japan * Sony Ericsson Aino, a telephone Arts and entertainment * Aino (Kajanus), ''Aino'' (Kajanus), a symphonic poem for male chorus and orchestra by Robert Kajanus * Aino (mythology), a figure in the Finnish national epic poem Kalevala * Aino (opera), ''Aino'' (opera), a 1912 opera by Erkki Melartin based on the epic poem above * Minako or Mina Aino, alter ego of Sailor Venus in the Sailor Moon franchise Train stations * Aino Station (Hyōgo), a train station in Sanda, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan * Aino Station (Shizuoka), a train station in Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan See also * Ainos (other) * Ainu (other) {{Disam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aino (given Name)
Aino is a female given name used in Finland, Estonia, and Japan. The name Aino, meaning "the only one" in Finnish, was devised by Elias Lönnrot, who compiled, from surviving oral folk sources which he had collected, the ''Kalevala''. In this epic poem, Aino (mythology) is a beautiful girl who seems to wish to drown herself rather than marry the elderly Väinämöinen. She is later on unexpectedly lost in the water while bathing in a strange, unknown lake. In the original poems, she is mentioned as "the only daughter" (''ainoa tyttö''). National romanticism During the national romantic period in Finland at the end of the 19th century the mythological name Aino was adopted as a Christian name by Fennoman activists. Among the first to be named so were Aino Järnefelt (Aino Sibelius), born 1871 and Aino Krohn (the later Aino Kallas), born 1878. According to the Finnish Population Register Centre, over 60,000 women have been given the name. It was especially popular in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |