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Taava

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Finnish

Etymology

Short form of Kustaava.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑːʋɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ːʋɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːʋɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Taa‧va
  • Hyphenation(key): Taa‧va

Proper noun

Taava (rare)

  1. a female given name
    • 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 14 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):
      Sentähden herätti hän piikansa, Taavan, kumppaniksensa retkelle; Taava nousi, puki päällensä, mutta tuiskeana, vihaisena seurasi hän emäntäänsä ulos kylmään, kolkkoon yöhön.
      So she woke up her maid Taava to go with her. Taava rose, dressed, and followed her, snappish and angry, into the cold, gloomy night.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Statistics

  • The given name Taava belongs to 44 female individuals (and as a middle name to 19 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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