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Etymologies of the names of the districts of Espoo
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
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) or Noux (Swedish
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) is a district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
of Espoo
Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...
, a city in Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
, best known for the Nuuksio National Park. The Solvalla Sports Institute is also located in Nuuksio.
Etymology
The Finnish name, ''Nuuksio'', comes from the Swedish name, ''Noux'', an old name which has had many forms, such as ''Noox'' (1540), ''Noosis'' (1541), ''Nooxby'' (1552) and ''Nowx'' (1556). The name has been thought to have been derived from theSámi
The Sámi ( ; also spelled Sami or Saami) are a Finno-Ugric-speaking people inhabiting the region of Sápmi (formerly known as Lapland), which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Murmansk Oblast, Ru ...
word ''njukča'', meaning swan.
See also
* Röylä * Vanha-Nuuksio * Districts of EspooReferences
Districts of Espoo {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub