Hiittinen
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom dialectal hiiti/hiitti + -inen, derived from hiisi (“sacred site”). Probably originally a name for the island of the same name that is one of the two major islands within this municipality.[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHiittinen
- A former municipality in Finland, merged with Dragsfjärd in 1969.
Declension
editDeclension of Hiittinen (type 38/nainen)
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References
edit- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN