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Finnish
Etymology
From the name of the nearby lake, possibly from a vernacular form of Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros) or from a variant of töyssy.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Töysä
- A former municipality in South Ostrobothnia, Finland; now part of Alavus.
- A village in the municipality of Alavus.
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Töysä" is Töysässä.
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN