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Siikainen

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Finnish

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Etymology

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siika +‎ -inen, after a lake name *Siikajärvi (siika + järvi), now called Siikaisjärvi.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsiːkɑi̯nen/, [ˈs̠iːkɑ̝i̯ne̞n]
  • Rhymes: -iːkɑinen
  • Hyphenation(key): Sii‧kai‧nen

Proper noun

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Siikainen

  1. A municipality of Satakunta, Finland.

Declension

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The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Siikainen" is Siikaisissa. Note that the inflected forms are formed as if they were plural.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Swedish: Siikais

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

Anagrams

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