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Laakso.

a Finnish surname from landscape

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈlɑːkso/[ˈlɑ̝ːks̠o̞]

  1. a Finnish surname from landscape

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  2. Any of a number of small places in Finland.

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  3. Any of a number of small places in Finland. a neighborhood of Helsinki

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Where this word comes from

From laakso (“valley”). The surname is sometimes transferred from place names, but most families chose it in the Fennicization of surnames at the turn of the 20th century because of its meaning.

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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.