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tavastia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tavas-tia
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A historical province of Sweden, c. 1250 to 1809, and of Finland, since 1809. Official name: Häme.

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Tavastia Proper (a region in Finland; official name: Kanta-Häme).

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Päijänne Tavastia (a region in Finland; official name: Päijät-Häme).

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Tavastia, equivalent to Tavast + -ia from Old East Norse Tafæistaland (attested in 11th century runestone Gs 13 as ᛆ ᛏᛆᚠᛋᛏᛆᛚᚭᚿᛏᛁ, transliterated "a tafstalãnti", normalized "a Tafæistalandi" 'in Tavastia'), from Tafæistr (“Tavast”) + land, the former probably being derived from tafʀ (“laggard”) + Æistʀ (“Estonian”).

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

Tavastian

Frequently Paired Words

Tavastum Botnia Bothnia Cajania Kainuu Carelia Karelia Lapponia

Questions

What does tavastia mean?
A historical province of Sweden, c. 1250 to 1809, and of Finland, since 1809. Official name: Häme.
Where does tavastia come from?
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Tavastia, equivalent to Tavast + -ia from Old East Norse Tafæistaland (attested in 11th century runestone Gs 13 as ᛆ ᛏᛆᚠᛋᛏᛆᛚᚭᚿᛏᛁ, transliterated "a tafstalãnti", normalized "a Tafæistalandi" 'in Tavastia'), from Tafæistr (“Tavast”) + land, the former probably being derived from tafʀ (“laggard”) + Æistʀ (“Estonian”).

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