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Hiitola
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Finnish
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Etymology
fi hiisi hiit- o la toponym. The municipality was named after a village, in turn perhaps after a pagan place of sacrifice, because of its (remote) location, or after the surname fi Hiitonenfi 2018 Lehikoinen, Laila Antreasta Äyräpäähän: Luovutetun Karjalan pitäjien nimet Kotimaisten kielten keskus 9–10 978-952-5446-93-7 https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk55/Antreasta_Ayrapaahan.pdf (ultimately also derived from fi hiisi). The surname is from place names.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Khiytola former municipality of Finland within territory ceded due to World War II, now in Russia
fi Finnish
Declension
Hiitol a
Statistics
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