Pyhämaa

Finnish fi: Etymology fi pyhä maa land. In this place, fi pyhä is probably used in an old (perhaps figurative) sense remote, untouched, referring to its remote location from earlier settlements. The fi maa land originally referred to the fact that the place was an island (although it is not one any longer due to glacial rebound). Later, the site may have contained a holy pagan site. Folklore states that the place, originally named fi Pahamaa evil land, was inhabited by evil spirits, who left it screaming once a church was built there. Pronunciation pyhä-maa Proper noun A former municipality in Finland, merged with Uusikaupunki in 1974. Declension sg Pyhämaa a References