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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