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Tapiola.

The forest realm ruled by Tapio.

7 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈtɑpiolɑ/[ˈt̪ɑ̝piˌo̞lɑ̝]

  1. The forest realm ruled by Tapio.

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  2. Finland as a country of forests.

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  3. a Finnish surname

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  4. a district of Espoo

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Where this word comes from

Tapio + -la. The surname derives from place names. The name of the place in Espoo was coined for a contest in the late 1950s to find a name for the new planned 'garden city', which became the modern Tapiola. This name clearly evokes the Tapiola from Finnish mythology.

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