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Pietarsaari
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Finnish
Etymology
fi Pietar- saari, a folk-etymological form influenced by sv Pedersöre, itself folk-etymologically associated with the name sv Peder, but more likely from an original Finnish name fi *Petra-saari and thus equivalent to fi peura deer saari island.
Pronunciation
pietar-saari
Proper noun
fi town/and/municipality r/Ostrobothnia c/Finland Jakobstad
fi rare fi Finnish place names
Usage notes
internal Pietarsaari Pietarsaaressa
Declension
Pietarsaar a
Derived terms
fi pietarsaarelainen
Statistics
dvv_20250813 38
References