Vantaa

English

Etymology

From Finnish Vantaa river, from Swedish Vanda å. Considered to have been named by Tavastians as Vanantaka, referring to the lake Vanaja (Vanan + taka, "behind Vanaja").

Proper noun

Vantaa

  1. The fourth largest city in Finland just north of Helsinki, the capital.

Translations


Finnish

Etymology

The name was taken in 1972 from river Vantaa which runs through the city. See Vantaanjoki for more. Until then the municipality was known as Helsingin maalaiskunta ("Rural municipality of Helsinki").

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Van‧taa
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑn̪t̪ɑː/

Proper noun

Vantaa

  1. Vantaa

Declension

In Vantaa = Vantaalla

Inflection of Vantaa (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation)
nominative Vantaa
genitive Vantaan
partitive Vantaata
illative Vantaaseen
singular plural
nominative Vantaa
accusative nom. Vantaa
gen. Vantaan
genitive Vantaan
partitive Vantaata
inessive Vantaassa
elative Vantaasta
illative Vantaaseen
adessive Vantaalla
ablative Vantaalta
allative Vantaalle
essive Vantaana
translative Vantaaksi
instructive
abessive Vantaatta
comitative

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