Etymology
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From a pre-Christian given name Valkea (from valkea) + -la as a farm name.[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlkeɑlɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝lk̟e̞ˌɑ̝lɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
- Syllabification(key): Val‧ke‧a‧la
Proper noun
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Valkeala
- A former municipality in Kymenlaakso, Finland; now part of Kouvola.
- A village in the municipality of Kouvola.
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 Valkeala" is Valkealassa.
References
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- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN