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[Facts] Re: Mariola
If that is a surname and has any Finnish connection, then it would mean a house or a place with plenty of berries. It would have been spelt originally Marjala or Marjola and the j could have changed to i because of the closer pronunciation. (Marja, marjo- = berry, -la = a place, homestead by...)
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