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Finnish
Etymology
santa + hamina, from the Swedish name Sandhamn; this may derive directly from sand (“sand”) + hamn (“port, harbour”), or from *Sandöhamn, from sand (“sand”) + ö (“island”) + hamn (“port, harbour”).[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Santahamina
- A neighborhood of Helsinki
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location.
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [The Book of Finnish Place Names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN