Kalevala

/ˈkɑleɪˌvɑlə/

Synonyms for "kalevala" (6 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
cultural symbolfinnish epic poem

Strong matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
finnish mythic corpus

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
finnish national epickalevala editionkalevala text

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More general

8 entries
anthologybookcultural artifactepic poemfolklore collectionliterary compilationliterary workmythology source

More specific

11 entries
1835 edition1849 editionKalevala manuscriptKalevala meterKalevala motifsKalevala textKantele traditionLemminkäinen episodesSampo mythVäinämöinen cycleVäinämöinen legend

Collocations

6 entries
Finnish national epicKalevala editionKalevala influenceKalevala manuscriptKalevala mythologyKalevala poetry

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Pekka Ervast, the author of "The Key to the Kalevala", says that the lord and the creator of the world is called Kaleva, and that, as a substantive noun, Kalevala means "the home of the Creator or the Lord", meaning the higher planes of life or the higher zones of unseen world.

Source: tatoeba (3666420)

Finland's national epic is the Kalevala.

Source: tatoeba (5969762)

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