Etymology
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suista- + -mo. The village appears to have originally been called Suistomaa (suisto (“river delta”) + maa (“land”)), referring to the mouth of the river Suistamo.[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈsui̯stɑmo/, [ˈs̠ui̯s̠tɑ̝mo̞]
- Rhymes: -uistɑmo
- Syllabification(key): Suis‧ta‧mo
Proper noun
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Suistamo
- A former municipality of Finland within territory ceded due to World War II, now in Russia.
Declension
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References
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- ^ Lehikoinen, Laila (2018) Antreasta Äyräpäähän: Luovutetun Karjalan pitäjien nimet[1] (in Finnish), Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISBN, pages 37–38