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Nuijamaa
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Finnish
fi:
Etymology
fi Nuija maa, probably from an old given name fi Nuija (in turn from fi nuija). The word probably initially referred to a swidden, named after the person who first owned the land or cleared it into farmland.
Pronunciation
nuija-maa
Proper noun
A former municipality in Finland, merged with Lappeenranta in 1989.
Declension
sg Nuijamaa a
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