Huopalahti

== Finnish == === Etymology === huopa- +‎ lahti. Originally a Tavastian name *Haapalaksi (from haapa + laksi, the original form of lahti). This name was borrowed into Swedish *Håplax (with the standard Swedish vowel shift /aː/ → /oː/). This form and the current Swedish form Hoplax (/-uː-/, through spelling pronunciation) have then been reborrowed back into Finnish. While the latter component was correctly recognized as lahti, the initial one was mistakenly - or rather folk-etymologically - interpreted as huopa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhuo̯pɑˌlɑhti/, [ˈhuo̞̯pɑ̝ˌlɑ̝xt̪i] Rhymes: -ɑhti Syllabification(key): Huo‧pa‧lah‧ti Hyphenation(key): Huopa‧lahti === Proper noun === Huopalahti a former municipality of Uusimaa, Finland, merged into Helsinki in 1946 an inhabited area in Helsinki ==== Declension ==== The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location. ==== Derived terms ==== Pikku Huopalahti === References ===