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Finnish
Etymology
From kiimi- + -nki, i.e. named after a swamp used by black grouses for mating displays.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kiiminki
- A former municipality in North Ostrobothnia, Finland; now part of Oulu.
- A village in the municipality of Oulu.
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Kiiminki" is Kiimingissä.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN