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Finnish
Etymology
hanka + salmi, possibly from the practice of setting up bird traps propped up on forked sticks (hanka, hanko) on waterside slopes.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hankasalmi
- A municipality of Central Finland.
Declension
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Hankasalmi" is Hankasalmella.
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References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN