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Finnish
Etymology
Perhaps from kiukku (“anger”) through a name given to a nearby rapid section of river (like *Kiukkukoski), or possibly from kiuas + -inen.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kiukainen
- A former municipality in Satakunta, Finland; now part of Eura.
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Kiukainen" is Kiukaisissa. Note that the inflected forms are formed as if they were plural.
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN