Niillas

Northern Sami

Etymology

Cognate with English Nicholas.

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Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnijllas/

Proper noun

Niillas

  1. a male given name

Further reading

  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland