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English
Proper noun
Puolanka
- A municipality of Kainuu, Finland
Translations
Finnish
Etymology
Puola- + -nka; the root is of Sami origin, ultimately from Proto-Samic *puolētēk (“to burn”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Puolanka
- Puolanka
Declension
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Puolanka" is Puolangalla.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN