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Porkkala

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English

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Etymology

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From Finnish Porkkala.

Proper noun

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Porkkala

  1. A peninsula in Finland, on the Gulf of Finland.

Finnish

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Etymology

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Possibly porkka (stick or staff used to frighten the fish) +‎ -la.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈporkːɑlɑ/, [ˈpo̞rkːɑ̝lɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -orkːɑlɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): Pork‧ka‧la

Proper noun

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Porkkala

  1. (uncountable) Synonym of Porkkalanniemi
  2. a Finnish surname from landscape

Declension

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Inflection of Porkkala (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Porkkala Porkkalat
genitive Porkkalan Porkkaloiden
Porkkaloitten
partitive Porkkalaa Porkkaloita
illative Porkkalaan Porkkaloihin
singular plural
nominative Porkkala Porkkalat
accusative nom. Porkkala Porkkalat
gen. Porkkalan
genitive Porkkalan Porkkaloiden
Porkkaloitten
Porkkalain rare
partitive Porkkalaa Porkkaloita
inessive Porkkalassa Porkkaloissa
elative Porkkalasta Porkkaloista
illative Porkkalaan Porkkaloihin
adessive Porkkalalla Porkkaloilla
ablative Porkkalalta Porkkaloilta
allative Porkkalalle Porkkaloille
essive Porkkalana Porkkaloina
translative Porkkalaksi Porkkaloiksi
abessive Porkkalatta Porkkaloitta
instructive Porkkaloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Porkkala (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Porkkalani Porkkalani
accusative nom. Porkkalani Porkkalani
gen. Porkkalani
genitive Porkkalani Porkkaloideni
Porkkaloitteni
Porkkalaini rare
partitive Porkkalaani Porkkaloitani
inessive Porkkalassani Porkkaloissani
elative Porkkalastani Porkkaloistani
illative Porkkalaani Porkkaloihini
adessive Porkkalallani Porkkaloillani
ablative Porkkalaltani Porkkaloiltani
allative Porkkalalleni Porkkaloilleni
essive Porkkalanani Porkkaloinani
translative Porkkalakseni Porkkaloikseni
abessive Porkkalattani Porkkaloittani
instructive
comitative Porkkaloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Porkkalasi Porkkalasi
accusative nom. Porkkalasi Porkkalasi
gen. Porkkalasi
genitive Porkkalasi Porkkaloidesi
Porkkaloittesi
Porkkalaisi rare
partitive Porkkalaasi Porkkaloitasi
inessive Porkkalassasi Porkkaloissasi
elative Porkkalastasi Porkkaloistasi
illative Porkkalaasi Porkkaloihisi
adessive Porkkalallasi Porkkaloillasi
ablative Porkkalaltasi Porkkaloiltasi
allative Porkkalallesi Porkkaloillesi
essive Porkkalanasi Porkkaloinasi
translative Porkkalaksesi Porkkaloiksesi
abessive Porkkalattasi Porkkaloittasi
instructive
comitative Porkkaloinesi

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location.

Derived terms

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compounds

Statistics

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  • The surname Porkkala belongs to 77 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

References

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  1. ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN