# Vantaa

> English word · Proper noun

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

## 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").

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/vantaa