Konosha is an
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement) and the
administrative center of
Konoshsky District,
Arkhangelsk Oblast,
Russia, located on the Konosha River, south of
Arkhangelsk. It also serves as the administrative center of Danilovsky Selsoviet, one of the ten
selsoviets into which the district is administratively divided. Municipally, it is incorporated as
Konoshskoye Urban Settlement. Population:
Name
The name of the settlement is derived from the name of the Konosha River. The name of the river contains two element:
-sha, which means "water" in the relevant Finnic languages, and
-kon, which unclear etymology. If it is considered to be a Slavic word, it may mean either "beginning" or "border".