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Translations of "library" across Europe (i.redd.it)
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[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

Re: Finland

Kirjasto

Etymology kirja (“book”) +‎ -sto. Coined by Finnish explorer, historian and author Carl Axel Gottlund in 1828.