Mikkeli

mikkeli English Etymology en fi Mikkeli. Proper noun en Q190583en city/and/municipality r/Southern Savonia in eastern c/Finland. Translations city Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 米凱利 Mǐkǎilì Finnish: fi Mikkeli Russian: ru Миккели, ru Санкт-Михель Swedish: sv S:t Michel n Finnish thumb|upright=0.75|fi Mikkeli kartalla|alt=Map of Finland with Mikkeli highlighted thumb|upright=0.75|fi Kuva Mikkelistä|alt=Gallery of photos from Mikkeli, Finland Etymology A vernacular form of the given name fi Mikael,Mikael now rare as a given name. Possibly via fi gmq-osw-lat Michel. town Named after Michael (archangel) Michael the Archangel, to whom the local church was dedicated. The name is first found in records in the early 17th century, prior to which the parish was called fi Savilahti. In Finnish, towns named after individuals are often left as is. Compare fi Pietari St Petersburg, fi Antrea from St Andrew, fi Loviisa, fi Kaarina St Catherine and fi Marttila St Martin. Pronunciation fi Proper noun fi Mikkeli Q190583 fi rare fi male fi rare fi Finnish Usage notes internal Mikkeli Mikkelissä Declension Mikkel ä Derived terms fi mikkeli mikkeliläinen fi compounds mikkelinpäivä Statistics dvv_20250813 10 dvv_20250813 29 References Ingrian Etymology izh he Ultimately from izh grc Μιχαήλ. Pronunciation Proper noun izh proper noun izh male Michael izh christianity Michaelmas feast on 21 November Declension l l References 310 izh Holidays