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Jämsä
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Finnish
fi:
Etymology
Probably originally for the river (fi Jämsänjoki). Further origin fi 1: has been compared with se jámeš dead person, an element found in Sami place names. The surname is found more broadly than just in the town of Jämsä, and probably derives from farm names.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi town/and/municipality r/Central Finland
fi Finnish the place name
Declension
municipality internal Jämsä Jämsässä 1
Jäms ä
Derived terms
fi jämsäläinen
fi compounds Jämsänkoski Pikkujämsä
Statistics
dvv_20250813 1265 675
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