Etymology
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nuuks- + -io, perhaps through a river name *Nuuksjoki (oblique *Nuuksjoe- > *Nuuksjoo- > *Nuuksjo- > *Nuuksio-). The name may derive from an old lake name *Nuuksijärvi or *Nuuksujärvi. This has often been considered to derive from a Sami word for swan (*ńukčë). However, old attestations suggest that the name originally had a diphthong, either ou or uo, and if this is the case, the Sami etymology cannot be upheld.[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈnuːksio/, [ˈnuːks̠io̞]
- Rhymes: -uːksio
- Syllabification(key): Nuuk‧si‧o
Proper noun
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Nuuksio
- A district of Espoo, best known as the location of the Nuuksio National Park
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 Nuuksio" is Nuuksiossa.
References
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- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN