English Explanatory Dictionary

Vantaa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Vantaa

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").

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