# 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
* A city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland, just north of Helsinki.

#### Translations
## 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: /ˈʋɑntɑː/, [ˈʋɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝ː]
* Rhymes: -ɑntɑː
* Hyphenation: Van‧taa

### Proper noun

Vantaa
* Vantaa (a city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland, just north of Helsinki)

#### 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.
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
* Vantaanjoki
* Vantaanlaakso

### References

* ↑ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [The Book of Finnish Place Names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN

### Anagrams

* antava, naavat, tavaan

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Vantaa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvan.ta/
* Rhymes: -anta
* Syllabification: Van‧taa

### Proper noun

Vantaa f
* Vantaa (a city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland, just north of Helsinki)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Jan Grzenia (26.05.2015) Poradnia Językowa PWN [Language clinic PWN]‎, Polish Scientific Publishers PWN

### Further reading

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