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Finnish
Etymology
Probably from an old given name *Nako (oblique *Navo-) through a form like *Navonmaa (literally “Nako's land”). The name may be related to the Estonian place name Navesti, Navaste (name of a village and river in southwestern Estonia),[1] although Estonian sources derive this instead from naba.[2]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nauvo
- A former municipality in Southwest Finland; now part of Parainen.
- A village in the municipality of Parainen.
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Nauvo" is Nauvossa.
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN
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