Hiittinen

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From dialectal hiiti/hiitti +‎ -inen, derived from hiisi (sacred site). Probably originally a name for the island of the same name that is one of the two major islands within this municipality.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhiːtːinen/, [ˈhiːt̪ːine̞n]
  • Rhymes: -iːtːinen
  • Syllabification(key): Hiit‧ti‧nen

Proper noun

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Hiittinen

  1. A former municipality in Finland, merged with Dragsfjärd in 1969.

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN