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Finnish
Etymology
Etelä-Afrikan (“South African”) + siili (“hedgehog”), calque of English South African hedgehog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈetelæˌɑfrikɑnˌsiːli/,
- Rhymes: -iːli
- Syllabification(key): e‧te‧lä‧af‧ri‧kan‧sii‧li
Noun
eteläafrikansiili
- Southern African hedgehog, Atelerix frontalis (species of hedgehog found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe)
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