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Haka.

a Finnish surname

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈhɑkɑ/[ˈhɑ̝kɑ̝]
  1. a Finnish surname

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Where this word comes from

< haka (“corral, enclosure”); perhaps from place names, but also commonly found in surnames intentionally adopted in the Fennicization of surnames in the early 20th century

name/ˈhɑkɑ/[ˈhɑ̝kɑ̝]
  1. A former (bankrupted in 1991) construction firm, largest in Finland in its time.

Where this word comes from

Abbreviated from Helsingin Asuntokeskuskunta, a residential housing cooperative active in Helsinki in the 1930s, from which the construction firm developed.

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