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Finnish
Etymology
From tuli (“fire”) + maa (“land”), calque of Spanish Tierra del Fuego.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtuliˌmɑː/,
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Syllabification(key): Tu‧li‧maa
- Hyphenation(key): Tuli‧maa
Proper noun
Tulimaa
- Tierra del Fuego (an island at the southern tip of South America, politically divided between Chile and Argentina; in full, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego)
- Tierra del Fuego (an archipelago and geographic region of Chile and Argentina, consisting of this island and a number of smaller surrounding islands)
- Tierra del Fuego (a province of Argentina)
- Tierra del Fuego (a province of Chile)
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