Meilahti.
a neighborhood of Helsinki
Meaning & usage
a neighborhood of Helsinki
Where this word comes from
Mei- + lahti (“bay”); from the byname/nickname of Meil-Bengt Jakobsson, who owned a farm called Mejlans in the area. Mejlans remains the Swedish name for the neighborhood today. The byname/nickname may be in reference to Meilby, a village around what is now Seutula. The Meil- part may be an anthroponym (Middle Low German Meile).
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