siirtomaa

== Finnish == === Etymology === siirto (“moving”) +‎ maa (“land, earth”). Coined by Finnish professor, poet and scholar August Ahlqvist in 1845. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsiːrtoˌmɑː/, [ˈs̠iːrt̪o̞ˌmɑ̝ː] Rhymes: -ɑː Syllabification(key): siir‧to‧maa Hyphenation(key): siirto‧maa === Noun === siirtomaa colony (land ruled by another country) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “siirtomaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023