Outokumpu.
Outokumpu (a town and municipality of North Karelia, Finland)
Meaning & usage
Outokumpu (a town and municipality of North Karelia, Finland)
A stainless steel company originating in this town.
Where this word comes from
outo (“strange”) + kumpu (“hillock”); originally the name of a strange-looking little hill in the municipality of Kuusjärvi, under which a large deposit of copper was found in 1910. The company founded to exploit this deposit was named after the hill, and in 1968 the municipality was renamed after it.
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