tulli + saari, based on a mistaken translation of the Swedish name Tulholm (variant of the current Swedish name Turholm) by interpreting its initial component as tull. The Swedish name may go back to an earlier *Tulholm, *Tuloholm, which could originate from an old Swedish name Tule or from dialectal tule (“rascal”), or from an old Finnish name *Tuulossaari (tuulos- + salo) or *Tuulisalo (tuuli + salo).[1]
- IPA(key): /ˈtulːiˌsɑːri/, [ˈt̪ulːiˌs̠ɑ̝ːri]
- Rhymes: -ɑːri
- Hyphenation(key): Tulli‧saari
Tullisaari
- A quarter of Helsinki
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location.
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN