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Houtskari.

A former municipality in Southwest Finland; now part of Parainen.

9 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈhou̯tskɑri/[ˈho̞u̯ts̠kɑ̝ri]
  1. A former municipality in Southwest Finland; now part of Parainen.

  2. A village in the municipality of Parainen.

Where this word comes from

Originally the name for an island. From the Swedish name Houtskär, itself from hout- + skär as a partial calque of an older Finnish name, either *Hautasaari or *Hautasalo, from hauta (“trench, pit, grave”) + saari/salo (“island”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.