Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vantaa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: van-taa
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland, just north of Helsinki.

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").

Questions

What does vantaa mean?: A city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland, just north of Helsinki.
Where does vantaa come from?: 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").

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