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Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish Mankans, from a farm name, perhaps either from manke (“cavalryman”) or a vernacular form of Magnus.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mankkaa
- A district of Espoo
Declension
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Mankkaa" is Mankkaalla.
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN