Etymology
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jämi- + järvi. The initial part is probably from jämeä (specifically its dialectal variant jämiä), originally perhaps referring to the strong flow in a nearby strait.[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈjæmiˌjærʋi/, [ˈjæmiˌjærʋi]
- Rhymes: -ærʋi
- Syllabification(key): Jä‧mi‧jär‧vi
Proper noun
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Jämijärvi
- A municipality of Satakunta, 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 Jämijärvi" is Jämijärvellä.
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