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").
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.
The name was for the city taken in 1972 from river Vantaa which runs through the city. Until then the municipality was known as Helsingin maalaiskunta ("Rural municipality of Helsinki").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑntɑː/, [ˈʋɑn̪t̪ɑː]
- Rhymes: -ɑntɑː
- Syllabification(key): Van‧taa
Declension
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when talking about 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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Vantaatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Vantaa (type vapaa) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Vantaani | Vantaamme |
| 2nd person | Vantaasi | Vantaanne |
| 3rd person | Vantaansa | |