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Joensuu.

Joensuu (a city and municipality, the capital of the North Karelia region, in eastern Finland)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈjoenˌsuː/[ˈjo̞e̞nˌs̠uː]
  1. Joensuu (a city and municipality, the capital of the North Karelia region, in eastern Finland)

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  2. Any of a number of villages in Finland.

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  3. synonym of Uusikaarlepyy (former name)

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  4. a Finnish surname from landscape

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Where this word comes from

From joensuu (“river mouth”). The city in North Karelia was founded in 1848 on the mouth of the Pielinen (Pielisjoki) river. The surname is from place names.

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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.