Nokia
See also: nokia
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɒ.ki.ə/, /ˈnɒ.kjə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.ki.ə/, /ˈnɑ.ki.ə/, /ˈnoʊ.ki.ə/
- Rhymes: (UK) -ɒkiə, (US) -oʊkiə
Proper noun
Nokia
- A town and municipality of Finland near Tampere.
Derived terms
- Nokian
Translations
a town in Finland
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Noun
Nokia (plural Nokias)
- A phone produced by the Nokia company.
- 2011, Mark Abernethy, Golden Serpent, →ISBN, page 92:
- Mac turned to the bed and pulled a handful of Nokias from the bag. 'We need those charged,' said Mac as he headed off to find the communal shower block.
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Anagrams
- okina, ʻokina
Finnish
Etymology
Believed to be connected with the word noki (“soot”), which is of the same root as *nois meaning a black fur animal, most likely beaver. Nokia might thus have referred to a place where beavers live.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnokiɑ/, [ˈno̞kiɑ]
- Rhymes: -okiɑ
- Syllabification(key): No‧ki‧a
Proper noun
Nokia
- Nokia (a town and municipality of Finland)
- Nokia (company and brand name; nowadays known for its mobile phones and networks, formerly for forest, rubber and electrotechnical industry)
Declension
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when talking about location; for example, "in Nokia" is Nokialla.
| Inflection of Nokia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Nokia | — | |
| genitive | Nokian | — | |
| partitive | Nokiaa | — | |
| illative | Nokiaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Nokia | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Nokia | — |
| gen. | Nokian | ||
| genitive | Nokian | — | |
| partitive | Nokiaa | — | |
| inessive | Nokiassa | — | |
| elative | Nokiasta | — | |
| illative | Nokiaan | — | |
| adessive | Nokialla | — | |
| ablative | Nokialta | — | |
| allative | Nokialle | — | |
| essive | Nokiana | — | |
| translative | Nokiaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Nokiatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Nokia (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Nokiani | Nokiamme |
| 2nd person | Nokiasi | Nokianne |
| 3rd person | Nokiansa | |
Derived terms
- nokialainen
Anagrams
- Kaino, akoin, kaino, kaoni, kinoa, koina, okain, okina, onkia
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnoːki̯a/, [-.ki.ä], [-.kjä]
Proper noun
Nokia n (proper noun, genitive Nokias or (optionally with an article) Nokia)
- Nokia (a town and municipality of Pirkanmaa, Finland)
- Nokia (company)
Noun
Nokia n (strong, genitive Nokias or Nokia, plural Nokias or Nokia)
- Nokia (phone of that company)