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Tammela.

a municipality of Tavastia Proper

7 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈtɑmːelɑ/[ˈt̪ɑ̝mːe̞lɑ̝]

  1. a municipality of Tavastia Proper

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  2. a suburb of Tampere

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  3. a Finnish surname

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Where this word comes from

Tammi + -la. The name of the Tavastian municipality/town may contain either tammi (“oak”) or tammi (“dam”). The surname is partly from tammi (“oak”) and partly from dialectal tammi (“dam”) via farm names.

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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.