Pielavesi.
a municipality of Northern Savonia, Finland
Meaning & usage
a municipality of Northern Savonia, Finland
a lake in Northern Savonia, Finland
Where this word comes from
piela- + vesi. Originally for the lake; the first component seems to be a variant of pieli (“side (the area next to something)”). The name may have referred to its remote location compared to the rest of the watershed, or its location by the border laid down by the 1323 Treaty of Nöteborg.
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