The story
From Finnish Vantaa river, from Swedish Vanda å. Considered to have been named by Tavastians as Vanantaka, referring to the lake Vanaja (Vanan + taka, "behind Vanaja").
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vantaa
Today it means: A city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland, just north of Helsinki. Full definition →