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Finnish
Etymology
leppä + vaara, calque of Swedish Alberga. It is said that the Finnish name was coined by Finnish actress, director and author Elli Tompuri, who was from Vehkalahti in southeastern Finland (Karelia), where the word vaara is used of the hills characteristic of the area.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Leppävaara
- A district of Espoo
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Leppävaara" is Leppävaarassa.
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN