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Lentokenttä

Airport

Beginnernoun

Definition

A place where airplanes take off and land.

Example

Olemme lentokentällä kello kolme.

We are at the airport at three.

Etymology

'Lentokenttä' is a compound word from 'lento' (flight) and 'kenttä' (field), reflecting modern developments in travel and aviation terminology in Finnish.

How & Where It’s Used

'Lentokenttä' is used in formal contexts related to travel and transportation, primarily in written form, understood widely across Finland.

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