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Malmi.

a Finnish surname

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈmɑlmi/[ˈmɑ̝lmi]
  1. a Finnish surname

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  2. a neighborhood of Helsinki

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Where this word comes from

< malmi (“field”). As a surname, through the sense “used by soldiers for training”, which was used as a soldier name, or perhaps also via place names. As a place in Helsinki, perhaps in reference to the sandy field that is now the spot of the Malmi Cemetery, or to a village located south of what is now Ala-Malmi.

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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.