Kotka

== English == === Proper noun === Kotka A city and municipality of the Kymenlaakso region, in southern Finland. ==== Translations ==== == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkotkɑ/, [ˈko̞t̪kɑ̝] Rhymes: -otkɑ Syllabification(key): Kot‧ka Hyphenation(key): Kot‧ka === Etymology 1 === Named after the island (Kotkansaari) on which the city was founded in 1878, ultimately from kotka (“eagle”), possibly but not necessarily through the surname. According to SPNK, refers to nesting places used by white-tailed eagles. The name of the island is first attested as Kotkatzarij (with Finnish saari) in 1557. ==== Proper noun ==== Kotka Kotka (a city and municipality of the Kymenlaakso region, in southern Finland) ===== Declension ===== The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Kotka" is Kotkassa. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → English: Kotka → Swedish: Kotka === Etymology 2 === < kotka (“eagle”), probably an old anthroponym ==== Proper noun ==== Kotka a Finnish surname transferred from the nickname ===== Declension ===== ===== Statistics ===== The surname Kotka belongs to 241 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === Etymology 3 === Calque of New Latin Aquila. ==== Proper noun ==== Kotka The constellation Aquila. ===== Declension ===== === References === === Anagrams === katko, kokat, tokka