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Kaleva

American  
[kah-le-vuh] / ˈkɑ lɛ və /

noun

  1. a hero and progenitor of heroes in Finnish and Estonian folk epics.


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The Missoulian reports 48-year-old Elizabeth Kaleva pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor Wednesday after she was charged earlier this month following a car crash.

From Seattle Times Feb. 22, 2018

Kaleva will be required to spend five days in jail at some point during the next six months.

From Seattle Times Feb. 22, 2018

Then Koivisto will officially succeed Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, 81, who resigned in October because of crippling arteriosclerosis after leading Finland for a quarter-century.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week the President rolled out the red carpet for two visitors: Finland's President Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, 61, and Liberia's President William V. S. Tubman, 65.

From Time Magazine Archive

Vipunen, a primeval giant or Titan, whom some commentators suppose to be the same as Kaleva.

From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Elias Lönnrot

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