Glossary entry

Finnish term or phrase:

Nimikkokasvi / Nimikkolintu

English translation:

Designated official plant/Designated official bird

Added to glossary by Desmond O'Rourke
Feb 15, 2005 17:43
19 yrs ago
Finnish term

Nimikkokasvi / Nimikkolintu

Finnish to English Other Government / Politics
Suomalaisen kunnan tai kaupungin nimikkokasvi ja nimikkolintu

Proposed translations

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designated official plant/designated official bird

Where a church is concerned (nimikkokirkko), we would say dedicated to a saint or Our Lady. For a municipality, you could say designated official
plant of the municipality in question: the capercaillie (wood grouse) is the designated official bird of Central Finland, for example.

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Note added at 1 day 5 hrs 33 mins (2005-02-16 23:17:01 GMT)
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I did. Google yields 3,880,000 cases of \"designated official\" in 0.37 s.
Whether what is designated is a language, a bird, a plant or whatever is of little consequence. In the U.S. as you probably know, such birds are more often called State Birds, the Cardinal being the State bird of VA.
Peer comment(s):

agree Auri Paajanen : All in all, 100% correct answer.
5 mins
Marjut's explanation is misleading because no municipality is named after the bird or plant (unless it has the same name, but that is another issue).
agree Anu Carroll : I see the argument for using "designated," but it doesn't seem to be used much. For examples of usage, try Google search of "official bird of" vs. "designated official bird of."
7 hrs
Yes, but the meaning is that the bird or plant was officially designated as such.
neutral Torben AXELSEN : see even the facts on Kainuu's regional bird, fish, flour, stone at http://www.kainuu.fi/index.php?mid=2_24_269&la=fi
1 day 15 hrs
It's a great website and "regional" is correct. Designated is added where the object has been officially designated as such.
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