Vantaa

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

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

Translations

 * Bulgarian: Ва́нтаа
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 萬塔
 * Danish: Vantaa
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: Βάνταα
 * Polish: Vantaa
 * Russian: Ва́нтаа
 * Swedish:

Etymology
As the name of the river, the name originates (through the genitive forms  < ) as a reduced form of earlier , which is related to the name of a village. Both are from, meaning "behind [south of] Vanaja (Vanajavesi)", as named by the Tavastians. According to Saulo Kepsu, the name may have originally been given as to a lake now called  (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.

Etymology
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