Kitinen

Etymology
First attested in 1908, from ; no further etymology for the name is known.

Pronunciation

 * or as in Finnish
 * or as in Finnish

Proper noun

 * 1) A major  of the river, Finland’s longest river.
 * 2) * 1908, and Hertha B.C. Sollas (translators),  (author), The Face of the Earth (Das Antlitz der Erde) III,  at the Clarendon Press, page 380:
 * Sederholm, who visited the district south of lake Enare in 1898, confirms Jernström’s observations; Herr Sederholm also informs me that the Jatulian quartzite, coming from Kittilä continues towards the south-east and reaches the river Kitinen north of the church of Sodankylä.
 * 1) * 2005, Mark Nuttall (editor), Encyclopedia of the Arctic I–III (A–Z),, ISBN 0203997859 (Master e-book), page 1,164/1, “ Lappin Lääni ”:
 * The main rivers are the Muonio, Ounas, Ivalo, Tana, Kitinen, and Kemi. With the exception of Tana, they all drain southward into the Gulf of Bothnia.
 * The main rivers are the Muonio, Ounas, Ivalo, Tana, Kitinen, and Kemi. With the exception of Tana, they all drain southward into the Gulf of Bothnia.

Translations

 * Finnish: Kitinen

Etymology
. Almost certainly a borrowing from, but the etymon is unknown as it has not been preserved. 🇨🇬 is reborrowed from Finnish.

Proper noun

 * 1) Kitinen