Etymology
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vartio + kylä. A mistaken translation of the Swedish name Botby by interpreting the initial part as *bote, a variant of böte (“watch fire”), when it actually derives from an Old Swedish given name Bote.[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrtioˌkylæ/, [ˈʋɑ̝rt̪io̞ˌk̟ylæ]
- Rhymes: -ylæ
- Syllabification(key): Var‧ti‧o‧ky‧lä
Proper noun
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Vartiokylä
- A neighborhood of Helsinki
Declension
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The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location.
References
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- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN