Kautokeino

English Etymology From en no Kautokeino, from en se Guovdageaidnu. Proper noun en municipality co/Finnmark c/Norway. Translations municipality Finnish: fi Koutokeino Norwegian: no Kautokeino Sami: Inari Sami: smn Kuovdâkiäinu Northern Sami: se Guovdageaidnu Norwegian Bokmål no Kautokeino thumb|A view of Kautokeino. Alternative forms nb Koutokeino older spellingAmund Helland (1906), Norges land og folk: Finmarkens amt, third part, page 69. Etymology nb fi Koutokeino, from nb se Guovdageaidnu, composed of se guovda middle and se geaidnu road; way, literally “middle road”, probably referring to a route between Finland and the Arctic Ocean. Recorded as Koutogeino in 1569.“Guovdageaidnu”, in Norsk stadnamnleksikon. The first element has also been interpreted as “sedge-covered pool; grassy forest clearing”.“Kautokeino”, in Store norske leksikon. The second continues nb smi-pro *keajnō road; way, whose further origin is disputed.Juha Kuokkala (2019), “Suomen keino, saamen geaidnu ja kantaskandinaavin diftongiassimilaatio”, in Petri Kallio Rocks, pages 116–125. Compare nn Kautokeino and fkv Koutokeino. Pronunciation nb /¹ˈkæʉtʊˌkæɪnʊ/ [ˈkæ̀ʉ̯tʊˌkæɪ̯nʊ] nb Kautokeino.ogg nb æʉtʊkæɪnʊ 4 nb Kau to kei no Proper noun nb proper noun Kautokeino; nb village co/Finnmark c/Norway a, the administrative centre of the municipality of the same name. nb Vi stoppet i Kautokeino på vei til Finland. We stopped in Kautokeino on our way to Finland. nb 2026-03-02 Redaksjonen i Store norske leksikon Kautokeino – tettsted Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Kautokeino_-_tettsted Kautokeino er et tettsted i Kautokeino kommune i Finnmark. Kautokeino is a settlement in Kautokeino municipality in Finnmark. Kautokeino; nb municipality co/Finnmark c/Norway a. nb Kautokeino grenser til Finland. Kautokeino borders Finland. nb 2026-03-05 Terje Dalfest; Svein Askheim Kautokeino Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Kautokeino Kautokeino er en kommune i Finnmark fylke i den vestlige del av Finnmarksvidda. Kautokeino is a municipality in Finnmark county, in the western part of the Finnmark Plateau. Derived terms nb 2 0 Alta-Kautokeinovassdraget<t:the Alta–Kautokeino river system> Kautokeinoelva<t:the Kautokeino River> kautokeinokofte,Kautokeino-kofte<t:Kautokeino-style Sámi traditional dress> Kautokeino-opprøret,Kautokeinoopprøret<t:the Kautokeino uprising of 1852> kautokeinoværing<t:person from Kautokeino> References Further reading Kautokeino Kautokeino – tettsted Kautokeino_-_tettsted Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Alternative forms nn historical spellings: Koutogeino nn 1569, Kod(d)icken nn 1594, Kotukänj nn 1600 Etymology From nn se Guovdageaidnu, through nn fi Koutokeino. Compare fkv Koutokeino. Pronunciation nn /ˈkœʊːtuˌkɛɪːnu/ /ˈkœʊːtuˈkɛɪːnu/ Proper noun nn proper noun no municipality co/Finnmark c/Norway Kautokeino Derived terms nn Kautokeinoelva nn kautokeinoværing person from Kautokeino