Etymology
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hanka + salmi, possibly from the practice of setting up bird traps propped up on forked sticks (hanka, hanko) on waterside slopes.[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈhɑŋkɑˌsɑlmi/, [ˈhɑ̝ŋkɑ̝ˌs̠ɑ̝lmi]
- Rhymes: -ɑlmi
- Syllabification(key): Han‧ka‧sal‧mi
Proper noun
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Hankasalmi
- A municipality of Central Finland.
Declension
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The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Hankasalmi" is Hankasalmella.
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