Sastamala

English Proper noun en Q1001927en town/and/municipality r/Pirkanmaa c/Finland. Translations municipality Finnish: fi Sastamala Swedish: sv Sastamala n Finnish fi: Etymology Originally fi Saastamala (the short -a- might be an imitation of Swedish-language forms, but might also be variation found in local dialects), possibly originally from fi saasta (here dirt, muck, mud, but now filth) + fi -mala seen in many place names, possibly from the dialectal word fi malo (here shore) with later influence from the suffix fi -la toponym commonly found in place names. The literal meaning of the name would thus be something like mud(dy) shore, referring likely to the western shores of the nearby lake Rautavesi. 1303 (as fi Sastamall).46 Originally this place name referred to a parish centered on the later municipality of Karkku. It was revived in 2009 to name the new municipality created when the then municipalities of Vammala (including Karkku subsumed in 1973), Mouhijärvi and Äetsä merged. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Sastamala Q1001927 Declension internal Sastamala Sastamalassa Sastamal a sg Derived terms fi Saastamoinen<qq:possibly> sastamalalainen References