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Vesanto

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Finnish

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Etymology

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vesa +‎ -nto. The place name is shortened from the name of a nearby hill Vesamäki (vesa +‎ mäki).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋesɑnto/, [ˈʋe̞s̠ɑ̝n̪t̪o̞]
  • Rhymes: -esɑnto
  • Hyphenation(key): Ve‧san‧to

Proper noun

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Vesanto

  1. A municipality of Northern Savonia, Finland.
  2. a Finnish surname

Declension

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

Inflection of Vesanto (Kotus type 4*J/laatikko, nt-nn gradation)
nominative Vesanto Vesannot
genitive Vesannon Vesantojen
Vesannoiden
Vesannoitten
partitive Vesantoa Vesantoja
Vesannoita
illative Vesantoon Vesantoihin
Vesannoihin
singular plural
nominative Vesanto Vesannot
accusative nom. Vesanto Vesannot
gen. Vesannon
genitive Vesannon Vesantojen
Vesannoiden
Vesannoitten
partitive Vesantoa Vesantoja
Vesannoita
inessive Vesannossa Vesannoissa
elative Vesannosta Vesannoista
illative Vesantoon Vesantoihin
Vesannoihin
adessive Vesannolla Vesannoilla
ablative Vesannolta Vesannoilta
allative Vesannolle Vesannoille
essive Vesantona Vesantoina
translative Vesannoksi Vesannoiksi
abessive Vesannotta Vesannoitta
instructive Vesannoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Vesanto (Kotus type 4*J/laatikko, nt-nn gradation)
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Vesantosi Vesantosi
accusative nom. Vesantosi Vesantosi
gen. Vesantosi
genitive Vesantosi Vesantojesi
Vesannoidesi
Vesannoittesi
partitive Vesantoasi Vesantojasi
Vesannoitasi
inessive Vesannossasi Vesannoissasi
elative Vesannostasi Vesannoistasi
illative Vesantoosi Vesantoihisi
Vesannoihisi
adessive Vesannollasi Vesannoillasi
ablative Vesannoltasi Vesannoiltasi
allative Vesannollesi Vesannoillesi
essive Vesantonasi Vesantoinasi
translative Vesannoksesi Vesannoiksesi
abessive Vesannottasi Vesannoittasi
instructive
comitative Vesantoinesi

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: Vesanto
  • Swedish: Vesanto

Statistics

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  • Vesanto is the 1907th (tied with 4 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 444 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

References

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  1. ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN