Kalevala

[ kah-luh-vah-luh; Finnish kah-le-vah-lah ]

noun

1. (italics) the national epic of Finland (1835, enlarged 1849), compiled and arranged by Elias Lönnrot from popular lays of the Middle Ages.
2. the home or land of Kaleva; Finland.

Kalevala

/ ˈkɑlɛvɑlɑ; ˌkɑːləˈvɑːlə /

noun

1. the land of the hero Kaleva, who performed legendary exploits
2. the Finnish national epic in which these exploits are recounted, compiled by Elias Lönnrot from folk poetry in 1835 to 1849

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kalevala¹

From Finnish

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kalevala¹

Finnish, from kaleva of a hero + -la dwelling place, home

Example Sentences

It was a delivery reminiscent of the program’s opener, “Lemminkäinen’s Return,” the fourth legend from Sibelius’s “Lemminkäinen Suite,” based on the “Kalevala,” Finland’s national epic.

From New York Times

But the writers Jon Favreau and Noah Kloor bring their pieces together at the end, by returning to Din and Bo-Katan after they escape Kalevala.

From New York Times

It does not make much logistical sense for Din and Grogu to fly all the way to Kalevala from Nevarro, then go back to Tatooine, and then return to the Mandalorian system again.

From New York Times

Kalevala: Din takes Grogu to Kalevala, “another planet in the Mandalorian system.”

From Los Angeles Times

A 1907 poster by Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela is even more striking, borrowing from the “Kalevala,” a Finnish proto-epic, to depict a male driver forcibly carrying off a naked woman in a car that seems to be flying through a sky of stars and fire.

From Washington Post