From kallio (“rock”). The Finnish name Kallio for the neighborhood in Helsinki (which in Swedish is/was named Berghäll, after a villa that once stood in the area) was coined in the late 20th century.
Kallio
| Inflection of Kallio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kallio | Kalliot | |
| genitive | Kallion | Kallioiden Kallioitten | |
| partitive | Kalliota | Kallioita | |
| illative | Kallioon | Kallioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kallio | Kalliot | |
| accusative | nom. | Kallio | Kalliot |
| gen. | Kallion | ||
| genitive | Kallion | Kallioiden Kallioitten | |
| partitive | Kalliota | Kallioita | |
| inessive | Kalliossa | Kallioissa | |
| elative | Kalliosta | Kallioista | |
| illative | Kallioon | Kallioihin | |
| adessive | Kalliolla | Kallioilla | |
| ablative | Kalliolta | Kallioilta | |
| allative | Kalliolle | Kallioille | |
| essive | Kalliona | Kallioina | |
| translative | Kallioksi | Kallioiksi | |
| abessive | Kalliotta | Kallioitta | |
| instructive | — | Kallioin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location.