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Saimaa
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Finnish
Etymology
fi. The original nominative was fi Saimas as part of fi Saimas wesi, fi Saimas selkä (1646), with fi Saimaa being levelled from the oblique (inflected) stem fi Saima(h)a-. Possibly connected with the Sami endonym smi-pro *sāmē. Alternatively from an unknown fi qfa-sub language.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
The largest lake of Finland, and fourth in Europe.
Declension
sg Saima a
Derived terms
fi Saima saimaanhylje saimaannieriä saimaannorppa Saimi Suur-Saimaa
References
Anagrams
fi aaaims maasai
fi Lakes