Joensuu

== English == === Proper noun === Joensuu A city and municipality, the capital of the North Karelia region, in eastern Finland. ==== Translations ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From joensuu (“river mouth”). The city in North Karelia was founded in 1848 on the mouth of the Pielinen (Pielisjoki) river. The surname is from place names. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjoenˌsuː/, [ˈjo̞e̞nˌs̠uː] Rhymes: -uː Syllabification(key): Jo‧en‧suu Hyphenation(key): Joen‧suu === Proper noun === Joensuu Joensuu (a city and municipality, the capital of the North Karelia region, in eastern Finland) Any of a number of villages in Finland. (obsolete) synonym of Uusikaarlepyy (former name) a Finnish surname from landscape ==== Declension ==== (city): The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Joensuu" is Joensuussa. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: Joensuu → Swedish: Joensuu ==== Statistics ==== Joensuu is the 399th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 2,031 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === References ===