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ympäristökeskus

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Finnish

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Etymology

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ympäristö (environment) +‎ keskus (centre)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈympæristøˌkeskus/, [ˈympæˌris̠tø̞ˌk̟e̞s̠kus̠]
  • Rhymes: -eskus
  • Hyphenation(key): ym‧pä‧ristö‧keskus

Noun

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ympäristökeskus

  1. A regional office of the Finnish Ministry of Environment, officially translated into English as Centre for Environment.

Usage notes

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The Centres for Environment have been discontinued from the beginning of 2010 and replaced with offices called elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskus (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) or more speaker-friendly ELY-keskus (ELY Centre), which are joint regional officies of several ministries.

Declension

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Possessive forms of ympäristökeskus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

Further reading

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