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Palo.

a Finnish surname from landscape

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈpɑlo/[ˈpɑ̝lo̞]
  1. a Finnish surname from landscape

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  2. name of many small places in Finland.

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Where this word comes from

From palo (“a fire”), usually referring to a burnt-out clearing in the woods or to beacon fires. The surname is mostly from place names, but in some cases simply adopted as a surname, e.g. during the Fennicization of surnames.

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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.