kaupunki

Etymology
Borrowed from, from (whence also 🇨🇬), derived from  (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), itself borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) town, city larger settlement with significant amenities

Usage notes

 * Finnish does not distinguish between a town and a city, but depending on the context, terms like and  may be used.
 * Historically the term was used of Finnish cities which had been granted city rights by the Swedish Crown (and later by the Finnish autonomous and independent governments). In effect, places were divided into cities  and rural municipalities, with an additional intermediate form  for rural market towns that were not quite cities. The governance for each of these types was significantly different. However, since 1977, these differences are no more. Nowadays, all Finnish municipalities are named either  or . The only difference between the two is the word used, and each municipality can freely choose which one to use. Generally speaking,  implies a higher population, but this is not always the case. As of 2023, the  with the smallest population is Kaskinen (population in 2022: 1,257), and the  with the largest population is Nurmijärvi (population in 2022: 44,437).