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Hankasalmi
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Finnish
fi:
Etymology
fi hanka forked stick salmi strait, sound. The parish (later municipality) was named after a nearby strait. Its name may refer to the practice of setting up bird traps propped up on forked sticks (fi hanka, fi hanko) on waterside slopes.
Pronunciation
hanka-salmi
Proper noun
fi municipality r/Central Finland
Declension
external Hankasalmi Hankasalmella
sg Hankasalm a
Derived terms
fi hankasalmelainen
Descendants
1 en Hankasalmi
1 sv Hankasalmi
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