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Finnish
Etymology
From the name of the nearby lake Muola(a)njärvi, possibly by elision from earlier *Muotolanjärvi (> *Muotla(a)njärvi) > Muola(a)njärvi), from Muoto + -la. This theory is corroborated by nearby place names with Muotola. Muoto itself appears to be a pre-Christian given name,[1] possibly from muoto.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Muolaa
- A former municipality of Finland within territory ceded due to World War II, now in Russia.
Declension
References
- ^ Lehikoinen, Laila (2018) Antreasta Äyräpäähän: Luovutetun Karjalan pitäjien nimet (in Finnish), Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISBN, page 28