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Kirkkonummi
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English
Proper noun
en municipality in r/Uusimaa west of city/Helsinki southern c/Finland.
Finnish
fi:
Etymology
fi kirkko nummi, 1 fi sv Kyrkslätt (describing the location of the church in flat terrain). The Finnish name has been in use since the mid-19th century, while the Swedish name was first attested in 1330 (as gmq-osw Kirkeslæth, gmq-osw Kyrkioslæth).
Pronunciation
kirkko-nummi
Proper noun
fi municipality r/Uusimaa c/Finland
Declension
external Kirkkonummi Kirkkonummella
sg Kirkkonumm a
Derived terms
fi kirkkonummelainen
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