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Finnish
Etymology
Pieksän- + maa, a combination of Pieksämäen maalaiskunta and Maaselkä (et al.), all proposals for what the municipality should be named, and also inspired by Keminmaa.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpie̯ksænˌmɑː/,
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation(key): Pieksän‧maa
Proper noun
Pieksänmaa
- A former municipality in South Savo, Finland; now part of Pieksämäki.
Declension
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Pieksänmaa" is Pieksänmaalla.
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN