Otaniemi

By surface analysis, ota +‎ niemi. However, this is likely a folk-etymological alteration of the Swedish name Otnäs, which may actually derive from an original Finnish name *Hautaniemi (*Houtnäs > *Outnäs > Otnäs), from hauta (“grave”) + niemi, and there is indeed a barrow in the area.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈotɑˌnie̯mi/, [ˈo̞t̪ɑ̝ˌnie̞̯mi]
• Rhymes: -iemi
• Syllabification^(key): O‧ta‧nie‧mi
• Hyphenation^(key): Ota‧niemi

Otaniemi

1. a district of Espoo

   Synonym: Niemi (informal)

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Otaniemi" is Otaniemessä.