Espoo

English

Proper noun

Espoo

  1. A city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland.

Translations

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.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈespoː/, [ˈe̞s̠po̞ː]
  • Rhymes: -espoː
  • Syllabification(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

compounds

References

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

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

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