kuntayhtymä

Finnish

noun

Definitions

(accounting) A public organization owned by a group of municipalities. They are common for such tasks as managing a hospital, which would be too burdensome for only one municipality.

Etymology

Compound from Finnish kunta (municipality, corps, -dom, municiplity, administrative area, community, local government) + Finnish yhtymä (concern, combine, group, combination, combined).

Origin

Finnish

yhtymä

Gloss

concern, combine, group, combination, combined

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