Vantaa

English

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").

Proper noun

Vantaa

1. The fourth largest city in Finland just north of Helsinki, the capital.

Translations

city in Finland

• Bulgarian: Ва́нтаа (Vántaa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 萬塔／万塔 (Wàntǎ)

• Danish: Vantaa
• Finnish: Vantaa (fi)
• Greek: Βάνταα f (Vántaa)
• Polish: Vantaa f
• Russian: Ва́нтаа m (Vántaa)
• Swedish: Vanda (sv) n

Finnish

Etymology

As the name of the river (Vantaanjoki), the name Vantaa originates (through the genitive forms *Vantaan < *Vanantaan) as a reduced form of earlier *Vanantaka, which is related to the name of a village Vanaantaka. Both are from *Vanajantaka, meaning "behind [south of] Vanaja (Vanajavesi)", as named by the Tavastians. According to Saulo Kepsu, the name may have originally been given as *Vanantaanjärvi to a lake now called Erkylänjärvi (the source of the river Vantaa). Viljo Nissilä on the other hand contends that the name was originally given to the village.

The city was named after the river which runs through it. The name was officially adopted in 1972, prior to which the municipality had been called Helsingin maalaiskunta (“rural municipality of Helsinki”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑntɑː/, [ˈʋɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝ː]
• Rhymes: -ɑntɑː
• Syllabification^(key): Van‧taa

Proper noun

Vantaa

1. Vantaa (a city in Finland)

Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Vantaa" is Vantaalla.

Inflection of Vantaa (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation)
nominative		Vantaa	—
genitive		Vantaan	—
partitive		Vantaata	—
illative		Vantaaseen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Vantaa	—
accusative	nom.	Vantaa	—
	gen.	Vantaan
genitive		Vantaan	—
partitive		Vantaata	—
inessive		Vantaassa	—
elative		Vantaasta	—
illative		Vantaaseen	—
adessive		Vantaalla	—
ablative		Vantaalta	—
allative		Vantaalle	—
essive		Vantaana	—
translative		Vantaaksi	—
abessive		Vantaatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Vantaa (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Vantaani — accusative nom. Vantaani — gen. Vantaani genitive Vantaani — partitive Vantaatani — inessive Vantaassani — elative Vantaastani — illative Vantaaseeni — adessive Vantaallani — ablative Vantaaltani — allative Vantaalleni — essive Vantaanani — translative Vantaakseni — abessive Vantaattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Vantaasi — accusative nom. Vantaasi — gen. Vantaasi genitive Vantaasi — partitive Vantaatasi — inessive Vantaassasi — elative Vantaastasi — illative Vantaaseesi — adessive Vantaallasi — ablative Vantaaltasi — allative Vantaallesi — essive Vantaanasi — translative Vantaaksesi — abessive Vantaattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Vantaamme — accusative nom. Vantaamme — gen. Vantaamme genitive Vantaamme — partitive Vantaatamme — inessive Vantaassamme — elative Vantaastamme — illative Vantaaseemme — adessive Vantaallamme — ablative Vantaaltamme — allative Vantaallemme — essive Vantaanamme — translative Vantaaksemme — abessive Vantaattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Vantaanne — accusative nom. Vantaanne — gen. Vantaanne genitive Vantaanne — partitive Vantaatanne — inessive Vantaassanne — elative Vantaastanne — illative Vantaaseenne — adessive Vantaallanne — ablative Vantaaltanne — allative Vantaallenne — essive Vantaananne — translative Vantaaksenne — abessive Vantaattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Vantaansa — accusative nom. Vantaansa — gen. Vantaansa genitive Vantaansa — partitive Vantaataan Vantaatansa — inessive Vantaassaan Vantaassansa — elative Vantaastaan Vantaastansa — illative Vantaaseensa — adessive Vantaallaan Vantaallansa — ablative Vantaaltaan Vantaaltansa — allative Vantaalleen Vantaallensa — essive Vantaanaan Vantaanansa — translative Vantaakseen Vantaaksensa — abessive Vantaattaan Vantaattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• vantaalainen

 

compounds

• Vantaanjoki
• Vantaanlaakso

 

Anagrams

• antava, naavat, tavaan

Polish

Vantaa

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Vantaa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvan.ta/
• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: Van‧taa

Proper noun

Vantaa f

1. Vantaa (a city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)

Declension

Declension of Vantaa

	singular
nominative	Vantaa
genitive	Vanty
dative	Vancie
accusative	Vantę
instrumental	Vantą
locative	Vancie
vocative	Vanto

Further reading

• Vantaa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Vantaa in PWN's encyclopedia