Etymology
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Possibly from a Karelian vernacular form Nasto of Russian Анастасий (Anastasij) + -la.[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈnɑstolɑ/, [ˈnɑ̝s̠to̞lɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑstolɑ
- Syllabification(key): Nas‧to‧la
Proper noun
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Nastola
- A former municipality in Päijät-Häme, Finland; now part of Lahti.
- A village in the municipality of Lahti.
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 Nastola" is Nastolassa.
References
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- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN