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Finnish
Etymology
ii- + salmi, from older *Idensalmi, *Iidensalmi. Possibly ultimately from the Sami word for "night" (Proto-Samic *ijë).[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Iisalmi
- A town and municipality of Northern Savonia, Finland.
Declension
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Iisalmi" is Iisalmella.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN