Kokkola
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From kokko (“eagle”) + -la.[1] The name of the town is derived through Kokkolahti, the bay on the shores of which Kokkola was founded.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Kokkola
- A town in Central Ostrobothnia, Finland.
- a Finnish surname
Declension edit
- (town): The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used when referring to a location; for example, "in Kokkola" is Kokkolassa.
Inflection of Kokkola (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Kokkola | Kokkolat | ||
genitive | Kokkolan | Kokkoloiden Kokkoloitten | ||
partitive | Kokkolaa | Kokkoloita | ||
illative | Kokkolaan | Kokkoloihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Kokkola | Kokkolat | ||
accusative | nom. | Kokkola | Kokkolat | |
gen. | Kokkolan | |||
genitive | Kokkolan | Kokkoloiden Kokkoloitten Kokkolainrare | ||
partitive | Kokkolaa | Kokkoloita | ||
inessive | Kokkolassa | Kokkoloissa | ||
elative | Kokkolasta | Kokkoloista | ||
illative | Kokkolaan | Kokkoloihin | ||
adessive | Kokkolalla | Kokkoloilla | ||
ablative | Kokkolalta | Kokkoloilta | ||
allative | Kokkolalle | Kokkoloille | ||
essive | Kokkolana | Kokkoloina | ||
translative | Kokkolaksi | Kokkoloiksi | ||
abessive | Kokkolatta | Kokkoloitta | ||
instructive | — | Kokkoloin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- Kokkola is the 1687th (tied with 2 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 508 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References edit
- ^ Mikkonen, Pirjo, Paikkala, Sirkka (2000) Sukunimet, Helsinki: Otava, →ISBN
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN