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English
Proper noun
Pieksämäki
- A town and municipality in South Savonia, Finland.
Finnish
Etymology
pieksä-/piekse- (“to beat, strike”) + -mä. mäki (“hill”) has later been introduced folk-etymologically through the inflected forms. Originally used for the lake (*Pieksämäjärvi), referring to the strong waves crashing against the shores, as the lake is relatively large and does not have many islands.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpie̯ksæˌmæki/,
- Rhymes: -æki
- Syllabification(key): Piek‧sä‧mä‧ki
Proper noun
Pieksämäki
- A town in South Savonia.
- Synonym: (1930–1948) Pieksämä
Declension
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Pieksämäki" is Pieksämäellä.
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References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN
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