kaupunginjohtaja
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
kaupungin (“of a city”) + johtaja (“director”)
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯puŋːinˌjohtɑjɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝u̯puŋːinˌjo̞xt̪ɑ̝jɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ohtɑjɑ
- Syllabification(key): kau‧pun‧gin‧joh‧ta‧ja
Noun edit
kaupunginjohtaja
- mayor ("general manager" of a city elected by the city council)
- an honorary title of the fourth rank granted by the President of Finland, usually to (former) mayors or vice mayors
Usage notes edit
See usage notes under kunnanhallitus
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
compounds
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “kaupunginjohtaja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02