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Kitinen

/ˈkɪtɪnɛn/

Kitinen proper noun: a major tributary of the river Kemi, Finland’s longest river.

Proper noun

Kitinen

  1. A major tributary of the river Kemi, Finland’s longest river.
    • Sederholm, who visited the district south of lake Enare in 1898, confirms Jernström’s observations; Herr Sederholm also informs me that the Jatulian quartzite, coming from Kittilä continues towards the south-east and reaches the river Kitinen north of the church of Sodankylä.1908, William Johnson Sollas and Hertha B.C. Sollas (translators), Eduard Suess (author), The Face of the Earth (Das Antlitz der Erde) III, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, page 380
    • Crossing the strip of land between the Luiro and the Kitinen I arrived at Kairala village on the Kitinen. From this village a trip was made to Suvanto village and Akankoski on the Kitinen. The return route followed the Kitinen and the Kemijoki, and then along the highroad to Rovaniemi and Kemi.1950, Archivum: Tiedonannot, V-VIII, page 38

Origin of Kitinen

First attested in 1908, from Finnish Kitinen; no further etymology for the name is known.

Questions about Kitinen

What does Kitinen mean?
Kitinen means a major tributary of the river Kemi, Finland’s longest river.
What part of speech is Kitinen?
Kitinen is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Kitinen?
Kitinen is pronounced /ˈkɪtɪnɛn/.

Words near Kitinen in the dictionary

  1. kiths
  2. kithul
  3. kities
  4. Kitimat
  5. Kitimat-Stikine
  6. Kitinen
  7. kiting
  8. kiting around
  9. kitings
  10. kitish
  11. Kitivy

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