Etymology
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heinä + vesi, presumably originally for the nearby lake of the same name (now called Heinävedenselkä), referring to the grassy shores.[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈhei̯næˌʋesi/, [ˈhe̞i̯næˌʋe̞s̠i]
- Rhymes: -esi
- Syllabification(key): Hei‧nä‧ve‧si
Proper noun
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Heinävesi
- A municipality of North Karelia, 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 Heinävesi" is Heinävedellä.
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
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