# Espoo
## English
### Proper noun

Espoo
* A city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland.

#### Translations
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Swedish Esbo, possibly from a compound of äspe (“aspen grove”) + å (“river”). Lars Huldén has presented an alternative etymology, deriving it from a diminutive of the given name Esbjörn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈespoː/, [ˈe̞s̠po̞ː]
* Rhymes: -espoː
* Hyphenation: Es‧poo

### Proper noun

Espoo
* Espoo (a city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)

#### Declension

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Espoo" is Espoossa.
Possessive forms of Espoo (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Espooni
accusative
nom.
Espooni
gen.
Espooni
genitive
Espooni
partitive
Espootani
inessive
Espoossani
elative
Espoostani
illative
Espooseeni
adessive
Espoollani
ablative
Espooltani
allative
Espoolleni
essive
Espoonani
translative
Espookseni
abessive
Espoottani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Espoosi
accusative
nom.
Espoosi
gen.
Espoosi
genitive
Espoosi
partitive
Espootasi
inessive
Espoossasi
elative
Espoostasi
illative
Espooseesi
adessive
Espoollasi
ablative
Espooltasi
allative
Espoollesi
essive
Espoonasi
translative
Espooksesi
abessive
Espoottasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Espoomme
accusative
nom.
Espoomme
gen.
Espoomme
genitive
Espoomme
partitive
Espootamme
inessive
Espoossamme
elative
Espoostamme
illative
Espooseemme
adessive
Espoollamme
ablative
Espooltamme
allative
Espoollemme
essive
Espoonamme
translative
Espooksemme
abessive
Espoottamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Espoonne
accusative
nom.
Espoonne
gen.
Espoonne
genitive
Espoonne
partitive
Espootanne
inessive
Espoossanne
elative
Espoostanne
illative
Espooseenne
adessive
Espoollanne
ablative
Espooltanne
allative
Espoollenne
essive
Espoonanne
translative
Espooksenne
abessive
Espoottanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Espoonsa
accusative
nom.
Espoonsa
gen.
Espoonsa
genitive
Espoonsa
partitive
Espootaan Espootansa
inessive
Espoossaan Espoossansa
elative
Espoostaan Espoostansa
illative
Espooseensa
adessive
Espoollaan Espoollansa
ablative
Espooltaan Espooltansa
allative
Espoolleen Espoollensa
essive
Espoonaan Espoonansa
translative
Espookseen Espooksensa
abessive
Espoottaan Espoottansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* espoolainen
* Espoonkartano
* Espoonlahti

### References

* ↑ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Espoo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛs.pɔ/
* Rhymes: -ɛspɔ
* Syllabification: Es‧poo

### Proper noun

Espoo n (indeclinable)
* Espoo (a city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)

### Further reading

* Espoo in PWN's encyclopedia

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Finnish Espoo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e̞sˈpo̞ː/

### Proper noun

Espoo
* Espoo