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kansa.

people, nation (community of people united by shared culture or ethnicity, or the inhabitants of a country)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɑnsɑ/[ˈkɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝]
  1. people, nation (community of people united by shared culture or ethnicity, or the inhabitants of a country)

  2. people, populace (the inhabitants of a region)

  3. people (an undefined mass of people)

    Torilla on tänään paljon kansaa.
  4. people (the common people)

    Hän nousi kansan riveistä politiikan huipulle.
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kansa (compare Livvi kanzu, Veps kanz), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hansō (earlier *hansā, compare Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃𐌰 (hansa)).

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