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helle

Pronunciation: /ˈhelːeˣ/

“helle” is a Finnish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. hot weather, swelter
  2. weather with a temperature above +25 °C (77 F) (in Finnish weather forecasts)
  3. hot place, heat

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *heldeh (compare Karelian helleh), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian šiltis).

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