Etymology
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ala- + Vieska[[Category:Finnish terms prefixed with ala-|]], probably from the term vieska (“ford, stream pool”),[1] which is found in some old dictionaries but has little evidence in dialects.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈɑlɑˌʋie̯skɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lɑ̝ˌʋie̞̯s̠kɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ieskɑ
- Syllabification(key): A‧la‧vies‧ka
Proper noun
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Alavieska
- A municipality of North Ostrobothnia, Finland.
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 Alavieska" is Alavieskassa.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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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