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Pyhäselkä
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Finnish
Etymology
Probably fi pyhä holy selkä open water, originally as the name for the nearby parts of the lake Saimaa; for the semantics, compare fi Pyhäjärvi. The name was adopted for the new municipality in 1925, and was not based on the name of an earlier village or parish.
Pronunciation
pyhä-selkä
Proper noun
fi former municipality r/North Karelia c/Finland, now part of Joensuu.
Declension
Pyhäsel k ä sg
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