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Simpele.

A former municipality in Finland, merged with Rautjärvi in 1973.

7 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈsimpeleˣ/[ˈs̠impe̞le̞(ʔ)]
  1. A former municipality in Finland, merged with Rautjärvi in 1973.

Where this word comes from

The town is named after the nearby lake. According to Sammallahti (1999), the word is of Finno-Samic origin (*timpele) and cognate with Northern Sami dappal. However, Heikkilä (2012) argues that the Finnic word, from Middle Proto-Finnic *timpel, is borrowed from Proto-Samic *tëmpël.

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