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Ka·le·vala (kä′lə vä′lä)

noun

a Finnish epic poem in trochaic alliterative verse, compiled in the early 19th cent. from orally transmitted folklore and poetry

Etymology: Finn < kaleva, personal name + -la, abode, hence, lit., land of Kaleva

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