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Finnish
Etymology
hauki (“pike (fish)”) + vuori (“mountain”). The reason for the name is not clear, as there are no nearby bodies of water with names containing hauki, and there is no obvious reason for a point of elevation to be named after a fish.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑu̯kiˌʋuo̯ri/,
- Rhymes: -uori
- Hyphenation(key): Hauki‧vuori
Proper noun
Haukivuori
- A former municipality in South Savo, Finland; now part of Mikkeli.
- A village in the municipality of Mikkeli.
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Haukivuori" is Haukivuoressa.
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN