kansalaissota

kansalais- (“citizens'”) +‎ sota (“war”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnsɑlɑi̯sˌsotɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝lɑ̝i̯s̠ˌs̠o̞t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -otɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kan‧sa‧lais‧so‧ta

kansalaissota

1. civil war, especially the Finnish Civil War fought in the spring of 1918

The Finnish Civil War continues to be a controversial issue among Finns. This is reflected by the fact that as of today there's no final agreement on the name of the conflict. Those who want to emphasize its nature as civil war prefer the term kansalaissota or more ideologically influenced names such as luokkasota ("Class War", used by Reds or their supporters), punakapina ("Red Rebellion", used by Whites or their supporters) or torpparikapina (“Crofter Rebellion”). Others who emphasize the fact that in the beginning of the war there were still 40,000 Russian troops in the country despite the declaration of independence on December 6th, 1917, prefer the term vapaussota (“War of Liberation”). Also Suomen sisällissota ("Finnish Civil War", or simply sisällissota), veljessota ("War of Brothers"), vallankumous (“revolution”) and kapina (“rebellion”) have their supporters among those who wish to take a "neutral" position. To learn more about this war, see Finnish Civil War in Wikipedia.

• sisällissota

• “kansalaissota”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02