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evakko

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Finnish

Etymology

Back-formation from evakoida, a variant of evakuoida with a simplified vowel cluster. Coined and popularized around 1940 at the end of the Winter War.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeʋɑkːo/, [ˈe̞ʋɑ̝kːo̞]
  • Rhymes: -eʋɑkːo
  • Syllabification(key): e‧vak‧ko
  • Hyphenation(key): evak‧ko

Noun

evakko

  1. evacuee (evacuated person)
    Suomi vastaanotti Karjalasta yli 400.000 evakkoa.
    Finland received more than 400,000 evacuees from Karelia.
  2. (chiefly in locational cases and compounds) the state of being an evacuee, translated e.g. with evacuation or evacuate
    evakkopaikkaevacuation site
    Perheeni oli evakossa Siilinjärvellä.
    My family was in evacuation in Siilinjärvi.
    Kun sota syttyi, jouduimme evakkoon.
    When the war broke out we were evacuated.
    Pääsimme evakosta vuonna 1947.
    Our evacuation ended in 1947.

Declension

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