valkokaarti

== Finnish == === Etymology === valko- (“white”) +‎ kaarti (“guard”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlkoˌkɑːrti/, [ˈʋɑ̝lko̞ˌkɑ̝ːrt̪i] Rhymes: -ɑːrti Syllabification(key): val‧ko‧kaar‧ti Hyphenation(key): valko‧kaarti === Noun === valkokaarti (historical) In the Finnish civil war of 1918 the armed troops that defended the prevailing society against the Red Guards. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== punakaarti suojeluskunta === Further reading === “valkokaarti”, 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 4 July 2023