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Akava

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Finnish

Etymology

Combined from the words akateeminen (academic) and valtuuskunta (delegation), which are taken from the former name of the organization: Akateeminen Yhteistyövaltuuskunta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑkɑʋɑ/, [ˈɑ̝kɑ̝ʋɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑkɑʋɑ
  • Syllabification(key): A‧ka‧va
  • Hyphenation(key): A‧ka‧va

Proper noun

Akava

  1. A trade union confederation representing employees with university training or other high-level training in both public and private sector; its full English name is "The Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland (Akava)".

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Hypernyms

Derived terms

  • akavalainen

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