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Finnish
Etymology
From an old given name Melli + -lä as a farm name. The given name is probably from Middle Low German Melle, Melleko, Mello, or a vernacular form of Biblical Hebrew מלכיאור or of Latin Meletius.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mellilä
- A former municipality in Southwest Finland; now part of Loimaa.
- A village in the municipality of Loimaa.
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Mellilä" is Mellilässä.
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN