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Tavastia

Tavastia proper noun: a historical province of Sweden, c. 1250 to 1809, and of Finland, since 1809. Official name: Häme.

tavastia: a historical province of Sweden, c. 1250 to 1809, and of Finland, since 1809. Official name: Häme
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Proper noun

Tavastia

  1. A historical province of Sweden, c. 1250 to 1809, and of Finland, since 1809. Official name: Häme.
  2. Tavastia Proper (a region in Finland; official name: Kanta-Häme).
  3. Päijänne Tavastia (a region in Finland; official name: Päijät-Häme).

Origin of Tavastia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Tavastia, equivalent to Tavast + -ia from Old East Norse Tafæistaland (attested in 11th century runestone Gs 13 as ᛆ ᛏᛆᚠᛋᛏᛆᛚᚭᚿᛏᛁ, transliterated "a tafstalãnti", normalized "a Tafæistalandi" 'in Tavastia'), from Tafæistr (“Tavast”) + land, the former probably being derived from tafʀ (“laggard”) + Æistʀ (“Estonian”).

Words formed from Tavastia

Phrases with Tavastia

Questions about Tavastia

What does Tavastia mean?
Tavastia means a historical province of Sweden, c. 1250 to 1809, and of Finland, since 1809. Official name: Häme.
What part of speech is Tavastia?
Tavastia is a proper noun.

Words near Tavastia in the dictionary

  1. Tavares
  2. Tavarez
  3. Tavarezes
  4. tavas
  5. Tavast
  6. Tavastia
  7. Tavastia Proper
  8. Tavastian
  9. Tavastians
  10. Tavasts
  11. Tavasuh

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