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English
Proper noun
Sortavala
- A town in Karelia, Russia, formerly in Finland.
Finnish
Etymology
From Sortava (an anthroponym) + -la, from the present active participle of sortaa (primarily in the sense "to tip over, cause to fall over, knock down").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsortɑʋɑlɑ/,
- Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
- Hyphenation(key): Sor‧ta‧va‧la
Proper noun
Sortavala
- Sortavala (a town in Karelia, Russia, formerly part of Finland)
Declension
Descendants
References
- Nissilä, Viljo (1975) Suomen Karjalan nimistö, Joensuu