Kalevala

American  

[kah-luh-vah-luh, kah-le-vah-lah] / ˌkɑ ləˈvɑ lə, ˈkɑ lɛˌvɑ lɑ /

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.

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Kalevala British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of Kalevala

From Finnish

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

Finland’s folk epic “The Kalevala” surfaces in “Underland,” and “Beowulf” and “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” are both obliquely present in “Ghostways.”

From New York Times