Etymology
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ylö- (“over”) + järvi (“lake”), named so because it was over, i.e. across the lake Keijärvi from the village of the same name.[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈyløˌjærʋi/, [ˈylø̞ˌjærʋi]
- Rhymes: -ærʋi
- Syllabification(key): Y‧lö‧jär‧vi
Proper noun
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Ylöjärvi
- Ylöjärvi (a town and municipality of Finland)
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 Ylöjärvi" is Ylöjärvellä.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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References
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- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN
Anagrams
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