Etymology
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From the river name Kauvatsanjoki, possibly from earlier *Kauvaitsenjoki, from the oblique stem of dialectal kauvainen, kauvanen (standard kaukainen (“distant, far”)).[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯ʋɑtsɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝u̯w(ː)ɑ̝ts̠ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑuʋɑtsɑ
- Syllabification(key): Kau‧vat‧sa
Proper noun
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Kauvatsa
- A former municipality in Finland, merged with Kokemäki in 1969.
Declension
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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