Sodankylä

Sodankylä

2. A municipality of Lapland, Finland.

sodan +‎ kylä. An association with sota (“war”) (genitive sodan) has been around since the 16th century in reference to Swedish and Russian disputes over taxation in the area, but the ultimate origin is more likely in a Sami name (Northern Sami Čoavvá);^[1] the -d- would then represent a hypercorrection (and, through association with sota, a folk etymology), as it is normally lost in the local Finnish dialects (i.e. Sovankylä was interpreted as coming from an earlier *Sodankylä).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsodɑnˌkylæ/, [ˈs̠o̞dɑ̝ŋˌk̟ylæ]
• Rhymes: -ylæ
• Syllabification^(key): So‧dan‧ky‧lä
• Hyphenation^(key): Sodan‧kylä

Sodankylä

1. Sodankylä (a municipality of Lapland, Finland)

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

• pyssykylä (colloquial)
• sodis (slang)

• → English: Sodankylä
• → Swedish: Sodankylä