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
The name was taken in 1972 from river Vantaa which runs through the city. See Vantaanjoki for more. Until then the municipality was known as Helsingin maalaiskunta ("Rural municipality of Helsinki").
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Van‧taa
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑn̪t̪ɑː/
Declension
In Vantaa = 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 | — | — | |
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