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Finnish
Etymology
kiuru (“skylark”) + vesi, or alternatively from dialectal kiuru (“mosquito larva”) in reference to the shape. Originally the name for the nearby lake.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkiu̯ruˌʋesi/,
- Rhymes: -esi
- Hyphenation(key): Kiuru‧vesi
Proper noun
Kiuruvesi
- 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 Kiuruvesi" is Kiuruvedellä.
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References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN