lautakunta

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (Finland) In municipal government, a committee appointed by the municipal council, which has the authority to make decisions within an agenda specified by the law and the municipal council concerned; sometimes also translated into English as board.
  • Any committee, board, jury or similar to which the nominating organization has decided to give that name.

Etymology

Compound from Finnish lauta (board) + Finnish kunta (municipality, corps, -dom, municiplity, administrative area, community, local government).

Origin

Finnish

kunta

Gloss

municipality, corps, -dom, municiplity, administrative area, community, local government

Kanji

隊

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