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Finnish
Etymology
Originally *Längelmä; mäki (“hill”) has later been introduced folk-etymologically through the inflected forms. Originally the name of a lake; possibly länke- + -lmä, likening the shape of the lake to a horse collar.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlæŋːelˌmæki/,
- Rhymes: -æki
- Hyphenation(key): Längel‧mäki
Proper noun
Längelmäki
- A former municipality in Finland; now divided between the municipalities of Orivesi and Jämsä.
Declension
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Längelmäki" is Längelmäellä.
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN