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Finnish
Etymology
Probably from an original river name *Piikjoki, from piikki + joki, referring to a bay or gulf with a pointy shape (*Piikkilahti, but now called Piikkiönlahti).[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Piikkiö
- A former municipality in Southwest Finland; now part of Kaarina.
- A village in the municipality of Kaarina.
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Piikkiö" is Piikkiössä.
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN