taajama

== Finnish == === Etymology === taaja (“dense”) +‎ -ma; from the earlier concept taajaväkinen yhdyskunta (“densely-populated place”), compare Swedish tätort; coined by Finnish linguist Hannes Teppo in 1940. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɑːjɑmɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ːjɑ̝mɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑːjɑmɑ Syllabification(key): taa‧ja‧ma Hyphenation(key): taa‧ja‧ma === Noun === taajama an urban area, a built-up area (i.e. a city, town or village) (per Finnish and Swedish definition a locality with at least 200 inhabitants and up to 200 metres between the buildings; if there is no chain of buildings closer than that to each other between two places, those places are not located in the same locality) Synonyms: asutuskeskus, (dialectal) pokosta ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “taajama”, 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