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Kuolemajärvi
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Finnish
fi:
Etymology
fi kuolema järvi lake. The initial component has (often in folk etymology) been considered to be fi kuolema death (after all, it was close to where Mikael Agricola died), but it is more likely from an obscured derivation, possibly from another language, perhaps fi smi (compare se guolli fish).fi 2018 Lehikoinen, Laila Antreasta Äyräpäähän: Luovutetun Karjalan pitäjien nimet Kotimaisten kielten keskus 21 978-952-5446-93-7 https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk55/Antreasta_Ayrapaahan.pdf
Pronunciation
kuolema-järvi
Proper noun
Pionerskoye former municipality of Finland within territory ceded due to World War II, now in Russia
Declension
sg Kuolemajärv ä
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