Place Names
In Sarek National Park, as in the majority of Lapland, a large number of place names originate in the Sami languages. These languages have several variations and their written forms have changed over time, which explains how some placenames don't quite match up across different sources.
The most common Swedish placenames in the park are tjåkkå, where tjåkko means "mountain", vagge (valley), jåkkå or jåkko (stream), lako (plateau), ätno (river), for example the Rapa River or Rapaätno.
Jaure/jaur is also often used as a suffix to denote bodies of water (the Alkajaure and the Perikjaure are lakes in the park) and share a provenance with jávvrre (lake). Other variants are equally familiar across the region including the Finnish -järvi, e.g. Liermejávri is a little lake bordering the park's neighbouring Stora Sjöfalle.
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