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Hiittinen
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Finnish
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Etymology
From dialectal fi hiiti/hiitti inen, derived from fi hiisi sacred site. Probably originally a name for the island of the same name that is one of the two major islands within this municipality. The site of a former chapel on the nearby island of Kyrkkö likely previously was a sacred pagan site.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
A former municipality in Finland, merged with Dragsfjärd in 1969.
Declension
Hiitti ä
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