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Kokkola
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Finnish
thumb|upright=0.75|fi Kokkola kartalla|alt=Map of Finland with Kokkola highlighted
thumb|upright=0.75|fi Kuva Kokkolasta|alt=Photo from Kokkola, Finland
Etymology
From fi kokko eagle eagle la toponym (for the surname, compare fi Kokko). The name of the town is derived through fi Kokon lahti the bay/gulf of the eagle (attested as fi Kockon Lachti in 1763), the bay on the shores of which Kokkola was founded.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi town/and/municipality r/Central Ostrobothnia c/Finland
fi Finnish
Declension
town internal Kokkola Kokkolassa 1
Kokkol a
Derived terms
fi kokkolalainen
Statistics
dvv_20250813 508 1674 2
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