kaupunginjohtaja
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kaupungin (“of a city”) + johtaja (“director”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯puŋːinˌjohtɑjɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝u̯puŋːinˌjo̞xt̪ɑ̝jɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ohtɑjɑ
- Hyphenation(key): kau‧pungin‧johta‧ja
Noun
[edit]kaupunginjohtaja
- mayor ("general manager" of a city elected by the city council)
- an honorary title of the fourth rank granted by the President of Finland, usually to (former) mayors or vice mayors
Usage notes
[edit]See usage notes under kunnanhallitus
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]compounds
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kaupunginjohtaja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02