English Explanatory Dictionary

Tavastia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A historical province of Sweden, c. 1250 to 1809, and of Finland, since 1809. Official name: Häme.
  2. Tavastia Proper (a region in Finland; official name: Kanta-Häme).
  3. Päijänne Tavastia (a region in Finland; official name: Päijät-Häme).

Word forms

Tavastia

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”).

Related words

Tavastum Botnia Bothnia Cajania Kainuu Carelia Karelia Lapponia Lappland Satagundia Satakunta Savonia Savo
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