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Loviisa
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Finnish
Etymology
From fi sv Lovisa, cognate with fr Louise.
town Founded in 1745 and named in 1752 for Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Queen of Sweden at the time. In Finnish, towns named after individuals are often left as is. Compare fi Pietari St Petersburg, fi Antrea and fi Mikkeli.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female
fi historical Louise, Luisa, Lovisa; used to translate certain regal names.
fi town/and/municipality r/Uusimaa on the southeast coast of c/Finland
Usage notes
Declension
internal Loviisa Loviisassa
Loviis a
Derived terms
fi loviisalainen
Statistics
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References
Anagrams
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