Lappeenranta

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Finnish Lappeenranta. === Proper noun === Lappeenranta A city and municipality of South Karelia, in southeastern Finland. ==== Translations ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === Lappeen (genitive) +‎ ranta (“shore, beach”), after the nearby municipality of Lappee. The town was originally a marketplace by the shore near Lappee. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɑpːeːnˌrɑntɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝pːe̞ːnˌrɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑntɑ Syllabification(key): Lap‧peen‧ran‧ta Hyphenation(key): Lappeen‧ranta === Proper noun === Lappeenranta Lappeenranta (a city and municipality of South Karelia, in southeastern Finland) ==== Declension ==== The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Lappeenranta" is Lappeenrannassa. ==== Derived terms ==== === References ===