Niillas

Northern Sami

Etymology

Cognate with English Nicholas.

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈnijllas/

Proper noun

Niillas

1. a male given name

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland