Kitinen

English Etymology First attested in 1908, from en fi Kitinen; no further etymology for the name is known. Pronunciation en /ˈkɪtɪnɛn/ or as in Finnish Proper noun A major en tributary of the river en Kemi, Finland’s longest river. 1908, William Johnson Sollas and Hertha B.C. Sollas (translators), Eduard Suess (author), The Face of the Earth (Das Antlitz der Erde) III, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, page 380: Sederholm, who visited the district south of lake Enare in 1898, confirms Jernström’s observations; Herr Sederholm also informs me that the Jatulian quartzite, coming from Kittilä continues towards the south-east and reaches the river Kitinen north of the church of Sodankylä. en 1950 Archivum: Tiedonannot V-VIII, page 38 Crossing the strip of land between the Luiro and the Kitinen I arrived at Kairala village on the Kitinen. From this village a trip was made to Suvanto village and Akankoski on the Kitinen. The return route followed the Kitinen and the Kemijoki, and then along the highroad to Rovaniemi and Kemi. 2005, Mark Nuttall (editor), Encyclopedia of the Arctic I–III (A–Z), Routledge, 0203997859 (Master e-book), page 1,164/1, “Lappin Lääni”: The main rivers are the Muonio, Ounas, Ivalo, Tana, Kitinen, and Kemi. With the exception of Tana, they all drain southward into the Gulf of Bothnia. Translations major tributary of the river Kemi Finnish: fi Kitinen Further reading Anagrams en eiiknnt kinetin en Rivers Finnish Etymology fi. Almost certainly a borrowing from fi smi, but the etymon is unknown as it has not been preserved. se Gittesjohka is reborrowed from Finnish. First attested as fi Kittina iockj (with fi joki) in 1598. Pronunciation Proper noun Kitinen Declension sg Kiti ä Descendants en Kitinen 1 References Further reading fi Anagrams fi eiiknnt tinkien fi Rivers in Finland