pitäjän + mäki, a kind of translation of the Swedish name Sockenbacka. The name probably refers to the hilly terrain and that the place was close to the border between what were then the rural municipalities (and now modern municipalities) of Helsinki and Espoo. Specifically, when coming from Espoo, travellers would have to go up a steep hill after seeing the landmark marking the border between the two municipalities.[1]
- IPA(key): /ˈpitæjænˌmæki/, [ˈpit̪æjæmˌmæk̟i]
- Rhymes: -æki
- Syllabification(key): Pi‧tä‧jän‧mä‧ki
Pitäjänmäki
- A neighborhood of Helsinki
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location.
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN