kaupunginjohtaja
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
kaupungin (“of a city”) + johtaja (“director”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯puŋːinˌjohtɑjɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝u̯puŋːinˌjo̞xt̪ɑ̝jɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ohtɑjɑ
- Syllabification(key): kau‧pun‧gin‧joh‧ta‧ja
Noun[edit]
kaupunginjohtaja
- mayor ("general manager" of a city elected by the city council)
- an honorary title of the fourth rank granted by the President of Finland, usually to (former) mayors or vice mayors
Usage notes[edit]
See usage notes under kunnanhallitus
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “kaupunginjohtaja”, 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 2023-07-02