Etymology
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Angela (“a farm name”) + niemi (“peninsula”), where the name Angela is derived from the dialectal word angelma (see angervo). First attested in 1692.
The area has also been called Andelma, Angela, Korpi, Korvinen and Päärnäspää.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈɑŋːelˌnie̯mi/, [ˈɑ̝ŋːe̞lˌnie̞̯mi]
- Rhymes: -iemi
- Syllabification(key): An‧gel‧nie‧mi
Proper noun
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Angelniemi
- A former municipality in Finland Proper.
Declension
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The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Angelniemi" is Angelniemellä.
References
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- Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN, pages 23 and 24