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Ritola.

a Finnish surname

6 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈritolɑ/[ˈrit̪o̞lɑ̝]

  1. a Finnish surname

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  2. escape, flight (used in the idiomatic expression ottaa Ritolat (“to run away, take to the hills”, literally “to take the Ritolas”))

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Where this word comes from

rito- + -la, originally as an Ostrobothnian farm name. Possibly from rita through place names with the combining form rito-; compare Ritala. * (sense 2): From Ville Ritola, a Finnish long-distance runner who won 8 Olympic medals in the 1920s.

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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.