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Hanko.

Hanko (a port town and municipality of Uusimaa, on the southern coast of Finland)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈhɑŋko/[ˈhɑ̝ŋko̞]
  1. Hanko (a port town and municipality of Uusimaa, on the southern coast of Finland)

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The Finnish name may be shortened from Hankoniemi (the name of a nearby strait) or adapted from the Swedish form Hangö, probably ultimately from a Finnish name Hanka, Hankala, derived from hanka. The ö (“island”) in the Swedish name is probably by folk etymology. The name of the strait is attested as Hangethe in c. 1250.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.