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Käkisalmi
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Finnish
fi:
thumb|Mid-19th century painting of Käkisalmi
Etymology
fi käki cuckoo salmi strait, sound, named after a nearby strait or sound on the Lake Ladoga. The initial part might be derived via a surname fi Käkinen, fi Käkönen. First attested through an Old Swedish form gmq-osw Kekes holm in the early 14th century.fi 2018 Lehikoinen, Laila Antreasta Äyräpäähän: Luovutetun Karjalan pitäjien nimet Kotimaisten kielten keskus 23–24 978-952-5446-93-7 https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk55/Antreasta_Ayrapaahan.pdf
Pronunciation
käki-salmi
Proper noun
fi Priozersk town obl/Leningrad c/Russia ; was part of Finland until 1940 and between 1941–1944
Declension
sg Käkisalm a
Descendants
1 sv Kexholm (ending sv holm by folk etymology)
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