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Pellosniemi
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Finnish
Etymology
From a farm name, apparently from fi pelto field -s<id:nominal> niemi peninsula. The place name may refer to relatively early sedentary cultivation on fields in this part of Savonia which otherwise mostly still did slash and burn.
Pronunciation
pellos-niemi
Proper noun
fi village town/Mikkeli c/Finland (formerly in Ristiina), a former parish fi hallintopitäjä.
Declension
sg Pellosnie ä
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