Hello,
Could anyone tell me how to say 'Klosterwiese' /name of a village/ - German, 'Cloister Meadow'/English/ -n Finnish. This is the name of the village in Poland where I live. I know we do not translate the names of the towns, villages but this is just for fun. I am keen to know it.
My next question is : What does Kankaanpaa /a Finnish town/ mean ?
Thank you.
Help with translation
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strawberry
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Hiya,
I'd say Klosterwiese would perhaps be Luostarinniitty - quite a pretty name, actually!
And "Kankaanpää" I think refers to the edge of a forest; "kangasmetsä" is a certain type of forest very typical of the Finnish landscape, also referred to as "kangas" (NOT the cloth-type!
) and "pää" is not only the head on our shoulders but the end of something (like the head is indeed the end of the body). There are a fair number of place names with "kangas" or "kankaan" playing a part. No wonder, we are a pretty foresty country, after all!
How's that? I hope someone'll correct me if I'm wrong!
I'd say Klosterwiese would perhaps be Luostarinniitty - quite a pretty name, actually!
And "Kankaanpää" I think refers to the edge of a forest; "kangasmetsä" is a certain type of forest very typical of the Finnish landscape, also referred to as "kangas" (NOT the cloth-type!
) and "pää" is not only the head on our shoulders but the end of something (like the head is indeed the end of the body). There are a fair number of place names with "kangas" or "kankaan" playing a part. No wonder, we are a pretty foresty country, after all!How's that? I hope someone'll correct me if I'm wrong!
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Hank W.
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kangasmetsä is forest with not much undergrowth (dry, shadowed by tall pines or firs) so 'Kankaanpää' could be roughly "Heathend"
This is fun: scroll down to the equivalence of names; a few there I don't understand in Finnish nor English.
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This is fun: scroll down to the equivalence of names; a few there I don't understand in Finnish nor English.
TOPONYMIC GUIDELINES FOR MAP EDITORS AND OTHER EDITORS
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/gegn22wp49.pdf
Cheers, Hank W.
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sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
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strawberry
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Gawd, where were you, dude?! I woz expecting you to jump in and give the proper explanation - and you left me in the lurch... 