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Tervo.

a Finnish surname

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈterʋo/[ˈt̪e̞rʋo̞]
  1. a Finnish surname

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  2. a municipality of Northern Savonia, Finland

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Where this word comes from

Probably shortened from Tervonen (or in Western Finland, from place names containing terva); as a place name, possibly named after an early settler. Ultimately from terva (“tar”), which may also be more directly the source of the place name, as there is a place named Tervamäki (literally “tar hill”) nearby (i.e. a hill where tar was burned).

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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.