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Outokumpu
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outokumpu
English
+, Finland
Proper noun
en Q952374en town/and/municipality r/North Karelia c/Finland.
Translations
municipality
Finnish: fi Outokumpu
Swedish: sv Outokumpu n
Finnish
fi:+ (town)
fi:+ (company)
Etymology
fi outo kumpu strange hillock; originally the name of a strange-looking little hill in the municipality of fi Kuusjärvi, under which a large deposit of copper was found in 1910. The company founded to exploit this deposit was named after the hill, and in 1968 the municipality was renamed after it.
Pronunciation
outo-kumpu
Proper noun
fi Outokumpu Q952374
fi Kuusjärvi before 1968
A stainless steel company originating in this town.
Declension
internal Outokumpu Outokummussa
Outoku mp mm u a sg
Derived terms
fi outokumpulainen
Descendants
1 en Outokumpu
1 sv Outokumpu
References