Espoo

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Finnish Espoo. === Proper noun === Espoo A city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland. ==== Translations ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Swedish Esbo, possibly from a compound of äspe (“aspen grove”) + å (“river”). Lars Huldén has presented an alternative etymology, deriving it from a diminutive of the given name Esbjörn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈespoː/, [ˈe̞s̠po̞ː] Rhymes: -espoː Syllabification(key): Es‧poo Hyphenation(key): Es‧poo === Proper noun === Espoo Espoo (a city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland, just west of Helsinki) ==== Declension ==== The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Espoo" is Espoossa. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Espoo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛs.pɔ/ Rhymes: -ɛspɔ Syllabification: Es‧poo === Proper noun === Espoo n (indeclinable) Espoo (a city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland) === Further reading === Espoo in PWN's encyclopedia == Turkish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Finnish Espoo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e̞sˈpo̞ː/ === Proper noun === Espoo Espoo (a city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland) ==== Declension ====