Etymology
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Name of an island, possibly derived from velka (“debt”).[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈʋelkuɑ/, [ˈʋe̞lkuɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -elkuɑ
- Syllabification(key): Vel‧ku‧a
Proper noun
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Velkua
- A former municipality in Southwest Finland; now part of Naantali.
- A village in the municipality of Naantali.
Declension
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The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Velkua" is Velkualla.
References
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- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN