Outokumpu
See also: outokumpu
English
Proper noun
Outokumpu
- A town and municipality of North Karelia, Finland
Translations
municipality
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Finnish
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈou̯toˌkumpu/, [ˈo̞u̯t̪o̞ˌkumpu]
- Rhymes: -umpu
- Syllabification(key): ou‧to‧kum‧pu
Proper noun
Outokumpu
- Outokumpu (a town and municipality of Finland)
- Synonym: (before 1968) Kuusjärvi
- A stainless steel company originating in this town.
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when talking about location; for example, "in Outokumpu" is Outokummussa.
| Inflection of Outokumpu (Kotus type 1*H/valo, mp-mm gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Outokumpu | — | |
| genitive | Outokummun | — | |
| partitive | Outokumpua | — | |
| illative | Outokumpuun | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Outokumpu | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Outokumpu | — |
| gen. | Outokummun | ||
| genitive | Outokummun | — | |
| partitive | Outokumpua | — | |
| inessive | Outokummussa | — | |
| elative | Outokummusta | — | |
| illative | Outokumpuun | — | |
| adessive | Outokummulla | — | |
| ablative | Outokummulta | — | |
| allative | Outokummulle | — | |
| essive | Outokumpuna | — | |
| translative | Outokummuksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Outokummutta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Outokumpu (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Outokumpuni | Outokumpumme |
| 2nd person | Outokumpusi | Outokumpunne |
| 3rd person | Outokumpunsa | |