Riihimäki

== English == === Proper noun === Riihimäki A town and municipality of Tavastia Proper, in southern Finland. == Finnish == === Etymology === riihi (“drying/threshing cabin”) +‎ mäki (“hill”). The surname derives from place names. The Tavastian town developed around the railway station, originally placed in a relatively small village in western Hausjärvi, which in turn was named after a hill (on which a drying or threshing cabin, riihi, once stood). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈriːhiˌmæki/, [ˈriːɦiˌmæk̟i] Rhymes: -æki Syllabification(key): Rii‧hi‧mä‧ki Hyphenation(key): Riihi‧mäki === Proper noun === Riihimäki Riihimäki (a town and municipality of Tavastia Proper, in southern Finland) a Finnish surname ==== Declension ==== It is more common in media to use the external locative cases (Riihimäellä (“in Riihimäki”)), but many natives of the town prefer internal locative cases (Riihimäessä (“in Riihimäki”)). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: Riihimäki → Swedish: Riihimäki ==== Statistics ==== Riihimäki is the 367th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 2,202 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. ==== See also ==== Riihimäki_(täsmennyssivu) === References ===