Espoo

English

Proper noun

Espoo

1. A city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland.

Translations

city of Finland

• Danish: Espoo
• Finnish: Espoo (fi)
• Greek: Έσποο (Éspoo)
• Latin: Espō (la) f
• Latvian: Espo
• Polish: Espoo (pl) n
• Russian: Э́споо m (Éspoo)
• Swedish: Esbo (sv) n

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish Esbo, possibly from a compound of äspe (“aspen grove”) + å (“river”). Lars Huldén has presented an alternative etymology, deriving it from a diminutive of the given name Esbjörn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈespoː/, [ˈe̞s̠po̞ː]
• Rhymes: -espoː
• Syllabification^(key): Es‧poo
• Hyphenation^(key): Es‧poo

Proper noun

Espoo

1. Espoo (a city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)

Declension

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Espoo" is Espoossa.

Inflection of Espoo (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation)
nominative		Espoo	—
genitive		Espoon	—
partitive		Espoota	—
illative		Espooseen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Espoo	—
accusative	nom.	Espoo	—
	gen.	Espoon
genitive		Espoon	—
partitive		Espoota	—
inessive		Espoossa	—
elative		Espoosta	—
illative		Espooseen	—
adessive		Espoolla	—
ablative		Espoolta	—
allative		Espoolle	—
essive		Espoona	—
translative		Espooksi	—
abessive		Espootta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Espoo (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Espooni — accusative nom. Espooni — gen. Espooni genitive Espooni — partitive Espootani — inessive Espoossani — elative Espoostani — illative Espooseeni — adessive Espoollani — ablative Espooltani — allative Espoolleni — essive Espoonani — translative Espookseni — abessive Espoottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Espoosi — accusative nom. Espoosi — gen. Espoosi genitive Espoosi — partitive Espootasi — inessive Espoossasi — elative Espoostasi — illative Espooseesi — adessive Espoollasi — ablative Espooltasi — allative Espoollesi — essive Espoonasi — translative Espooksesi — abessive Espoottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Espoomme — accusative nom. Espoomme — gen. Espoomme genitive Espoomme — partitive Espootamme — inessive Espoossamme — elative Espoostamme — illative Espooseemme — adessive Espoollamme — ablative Espooltamme — allative Espoollemme — essive Espoonamme — translative Espooksemme — abessive Espoottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Espoonne — accusative nom. Espoonne — gen. Espoonne genitive Espoonne — partitive Espootanne — inessive Espoossanne — elative Espoostanne — illative Espooseenne — adessive Espoollanne — ablative Espooltanne — allative Espoollenne — essive Espoonanne — translative Espooksenne — abessive Espoottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Espoonsa — accusative nom. Espoonsa — gen. Espoonsa genitive Espoonsa — partitive Espootaan Espootansa — inessive Espoossaan Espoossansa — elative Espoostaan Espoostansa — illative Espooseensa — adessive Espoollaan Espoollansa — ablative Espooltaan Espooltansa — allative Espoolleen Espoollensa — essive Espoonaan Espoonansa — translative Espookseen Espooksensa — abessive Espoottaan Espoottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• espoolainen

compounds

• Espoonkartano
• Espoonlahti

Polish

Espoo

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Espoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.pɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɛspɔ
• Syllabification: Es‧poo

Proper noun

Espoo n (indeclinable)

1. Espoo (a city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)

Further reading

• Espoo in PWN's encyclopedia

Turkish

Etymology

From Finnish Espoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e̞sˈpo̞ː/

Proper noun

Espoo

1. Espoo

Declension

Declension of Espoo

	singular	plural
nominative	Espoo	-
definite accusative	Espoo'yu	-
dative	Espoo'ya	-
locative	Espoo'da	-
ablative	Espoo'dan	-
genitive	Espoo'nun	-