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Rääkkylä
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English
Proper noun
en Q674583en municipality r/North Karelia c/Finland.
Translations
municipality
Finnish: fi Rääkkylä
Swedish: sv Rääkkylä n, sv Bräkylä n dated
Finnish
fi:
Etymology
From the name of a nearby hill, fi *Rääkkyvaara (from fi rääkyä, fi rääkkyä, in reference to bird sounds). When taken as the name of the village, fi vaara hill was replaced with the suffix fi -lä toponym.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Rääkkylä Q674583
Declension
internal Rääkkylä Rääkkylässä
Rääkkyl ä sg
Derived terms
fi rääkkyläläinen
References