Etymology
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Probably kärki + -ö + -lä; thus *Kärköilä, from a farm name *Kärköi, perhaps named after its location at the end of an esker.[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈkærkølæ/, [ˈk̟ærk̟ø̞læ]
- Rhymes: -ærkølæ
- Syllabification(key): Kär‧kö‧lä
Proper noun
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Kärkölä
- Kärkölä (municipality)
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 Kärkölä" is Kärkölässä.
Derived terms
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References
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- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN