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English
Proper noun
Enontekiö
- A municipality of Lapland, Finland
Translations
Finnish
Etymology
Adapted from Northern Sami Eanodat. The latter part has been folk-etymologically associated with tehdä (stem teke-) due to confusion with Northern Sami dahkat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈenonˌtekiø/,
- Rhymes: -ekiø
- Syllabification(key): E‧non‧te‧ki‧ö
Proper noun
Enontekiö
- Enontekiö
Declension
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Enontekiö" is Enontekiöllä.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN