bulvaani

== Finnish == === Alternative forms === pulvaani === Etymology === From Swedish bulvan, from Latvian bulvāns. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbulʋɑːni/, [ˈbulʋɑ̝ːni] Rhymes: -ulʋɑːni Syllabification(key): bul‧vaa‧ni Hyphenation(key): bul‧vaa‧ni === Noun === bulvaani (figuratively) front, front organization, straw man, paper man, dummy (public face of covert organisation) (hunting) decoy ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “bulvaani”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023