Kotka

kotka English Proper noun en city/and/municipality r:suf/Kymenlaakso in southern c/Finland. Translations city Finnish: fi Kotka Russian: ru Ко́тка f Swedish: sv Kotka n Finnish Pronunciation fi Etymology 1 fi city thumb|upright=0.75|fi Kotka kartalla|alt=Map of Finland with Kotka highlighted thumb|upright=0.75|fi Kuva Kotkasta|alt=Photo from Kotka, Finland Named after the island (fi Kotkansaari) on which the city was founded in 1878, ultimately from fi kotka eagle, possibly but not necessarily through the surname. According to SPNK, refers to nesting places used by white-tailed eagles. The name of the island is first attested as fi Kotkatzarij (with fi saari) in 1557. Proper noun fi city/and/municipality r:suf/Kymenlaakso in southern c/Finland Kotka Declension internal Kotka Kotkassa sg Kotk a Derived terms fi kotkalainen Descendants 1 en Kotka 1 sv Kotka Etymology 2 fi surname From fi kotka eagle, probably an old anthroponym. Proper noun fi Finnish nicknames Declension Kotk a Statistics dvv_20250813 241 Etymology 3 fi constellation fi la-new Aquila. Proper noun Aquila constellation Declension sg Kotk a References Anagrams fi akkot katko kokat tokka