Ankkalammikko

Finnish

Etymology

Ankka (“duck”) +‎ lammikko (“pond”), calque of Swedish Ankdammen ("duck pond"), coined as an allegory of Sweden by Ian Wachtmeister in his book with this title. While more or less forgotten in Sweden, the term has been adopted first by the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland and then by the Finnish-speaking majority as referring to Swedish Finland as a cultural entity.

Proper noun

Ankkalammikko

1. (humorous) The Swedish Finland (Finland's Swedish speaking minority as an ethnic an cultural entity)

Declension

Declension of Ankkalammikko (type laatikko) singular plural nominative Ankkalammikko – genitive Ankkalammikon – partitive Ankkalammikkoa – accusative Ankkalammikko Ankkalammikon – inessive Ankkalammikossa – elative Ankkalammikosta – illative Ankkalammikkoon – adessive Ankkalammikolla – ablative Ankkalammikolta – allative Ankkalammikolle – essive Ankkalammikkona – translative Ankkalammikoksi – instructive – – abessive Ankkalammikotta – comitative – –

Synonyms

• suomenruotsalainen yhteiskunta

Coordinate terms

• suomenruotsalainen
• suomenruotsalaisuus