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Finnish
Etymology
ala- + Vieska, probably from the term vieska (“ford, stream pool”),[1] which is found in some old dictionaries but has little evidence in dialects.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alavieska
- A municipality of North Ostrobothnia, Finland.
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Alavieska" is Alavieskassa.
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References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN