Etymology
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säkki + järvi, possibly from säkki likening the shape of the lake (after which the municipality is named) to a sack, although a story exists about the lake being used to transport sacks of flour during the winter when the lake was frozen.[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈsækːiˌjærʋi/, [ˈs̠ækːiˌjærʋi]
- Rhymes: -ærʋi
- Syllabification(key): Säk‧ki‧jär‧vi
Proper noun
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Säkkijärvi
- A former municipality of Finland mostly within territory ceded due to World War II, now in Russia with remaining portions in Finland merged to other municipalities.
Declension
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References
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- ^ Lehikoinen, Laila (2018) Antreasta Äyräpäähän: Luovutetun Karjalan pitäjien nimet[1] (in Finnish), Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISBN, page 6