Raippaluoto

Finnish fi: Etymology fi raippa crop (whip) or (dialectal) pull rope on a seine luoto islet, rock. The name may refer to fishing, or to the shape of the islet. Originally the name of an islet, likely given by fi fi - speakers and borrowed into local Swedish. The Finnish name was then revived in the 19th century from the fi sv - name sv Replot (after the region had become entirely Swedish-speaking). Pronunciation raippa-luoto Proper noun fi island c/Finland Declension sg Raippaluo t d o a References