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Lemminkäinen

Lemminkäinen proper noun: lemminkäinen of Kalevala; the young, handsome, charming, but aloof legendary hero of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala.

Proper noun

Lemminkäinen

  1. (literary, poetic, Finnic mythology) Lemminkäinen of Kalevala; the young, handsome, charming, but aloof legendary hero of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala.
    Synonyms:
    Ahti Saarelainen, Kaukomieli

Synonyms of Lemminkäinen

  • Ahti Saarelainen
  • Kaukomieli

Forms of Lemminkäinen

alternative formLemminki

Origin of Lemminkäinen

Borrowed from Finnish Lemminkäinen, a proper name derived from lempi (“love”) from Proto-Finnic *lempi.

Questions about Lemminkäinen

What does Lemminkäinen mean?
Lemminkäinen means lemminkäinen of Kalevala; the young, handsome, charming, but aloof legendary hero of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala.
What part of speech is Lemminkäinen?
Lemminkäinen is a proper noun.

Words near Lemminkäinen in the dictionary

  1. lemming
  2. lemmingism
  3. lemminglike
  4. lemmings
  5. Lemminki
  6. Lemminkäinen
  7. Lemmo
  8. Lemmon
  9. Lemmon Valley
  10. Lemmond
  11. Lemmonds

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