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Inkere
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Finnish
fi:
Etymology
From fi *Inger e. Further etymology fi 1, although similar river names are also found from further east in Northern Russia, like ru Ингерь, ru Ингирь (both in Kostroma Oblast) and ru Ингрия (in Tikhvinsky District).Kepsu Saulo Inkerin pogostat – vanha nimistö ja asutus 2020 Kotimaisten kielten keskus Helsinki Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 66 2323-3370 978-952-7359-02-0 https://www.kotus.fi/julkaisut/nimijulkaisut/inkerin_pogostat 228 One possibility is a borrowing from a West Uralic language (possibly "language X" (fi x-kieli), a lost West Uralic substrate found in place names, or Meryan), from a word akin to mhr эҥер, mrj ӓнгӹр stream. The parish is named after the river.
Pronunciation
*
Proper noun
Izhora a former parish in the historical region of Ingria in Russia
fi Inkereenjoki River Izhora
Declension
sg Inker ä
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