Vantaa

name

Meaning

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").

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