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Enso
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enso ENSO ensō
Finnish
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Etymology
Named after the company sv Enso Träsliperi Aktiebolaget, which established a mechanical pulp mill in the area; the community was established around it in the 1880s. The name of the company, founded by fi:Carl August Standertskjöld (1855–1935) Carl August Standertskjöld, was likely irregularly derived from the word fi ensi first, because it was the first significant project to harness the power of the Vuoksi river for industrial purposes.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Svetogorsk industrial town close to the Finnish border in Russia, formerly part of Finland until 1940 and again in 1941–1944
fi Svetogorsk
A former Finnish forest products company, now part of Stora Enso.
Declension
Ens o a sg