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Suomenniemi
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Finnish
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Etymology
fi Suomi<alt:Suomen><infl:gen> niemi peninsula, with the old sense of fi Suomi as Southwest Finland and fi suomalainen as Finn proper, southwest Finn, fi varsinaissuomalainen, likely referring to migrations of Southwest Finns to the area. The village (after which the municipality was named) may have been named after the peninsula it is located on (although there are no records of the name fi Suomenniemi applying to that peninsula). Compare fi Suomijärvi.429
Pronunciation
suomen-niemi
Proper noun
fi former municipality r/South Karelia c/Finland consolidated into Mikkeli in 2013
Declension
external Suomenniemi Suomenniemellä
Suomennie ä sg
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