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Tavastia

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English

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Historical province of Tavastia, shown in green over the borders of current (2018) administrative regions of Finland.

Etymology

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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).

Proper noun

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Tavastia

  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)
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References

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Medieval Latin Tavastus +‎ -ia from a calque of Old East Norse Tafæistaland, from Tafæistr (Tavast) + land, the former probably being derived from tafʀ (laggard) + Æistʀ (Estonian).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Tavastia f sg (genitive Tavastiae); first declension (Medieval Latin, New Latin)

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

Declension

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Tavastia
genitive Tavastiae
dative Tavastiae
accusative Tavastiam
ablative Tavastiā
vocative Tavastia
locative Tavastiae
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