Etymology
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Derived either from joutsen, joutsi (“swan”) or joutsi (“bow”).[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈjou̯tseno/, [ˈjo̞u̯ts̠e̞no̞]
- Rhymes: -outseno
- Syllabification(key): Jout‧se‧no
Proper noun
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Joutseno
- A former municipality in South Karelia, Finland; now part of Lappeenranta.
- A village in the municipality of Lappeenranta.
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 Joutseno" is Joutsenossa.
References
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- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN