Tapiola
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editTapiola
- (Finnic mythology) The forest realm ruled by Tapio.
- Synonym: Metsola
- (poetic) Finland as a country of forests.
- a Finnish surname
- A district of Espoo
Declension
editThe internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Tapiola" is Tapiolassa.
Inflection of Tapiola (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Tapiola | Tapiolat | ||
genitive | Tapiolan | Tapioloiden Tapioloitten | ||
partitive | Tapiolaa | Tapioloita | ||
illative | Tapiolaan | Tapioloihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Tapiola | Tapiolat | ||
accusative | nom. | Tapiola | Tapiolat | |
gen. | Tapiolan | |||
genitive | Tapiolan | Tapioloiden Tapioloitten Tapiolain rare | ||
partitive | Tapiolaa | Tapioloita | ||
inessive | Tapiolassa | Tapioloissa | ||
elative | Tapiolasta | Tapioloista | ||
illative | Tapiolaan | Tapioloihin | ||
adessive | Tapiolalla | Tapioloilla | ||
ablative | Tapiolalta | Tapioloilta | ||
allative | Tapiolalle | Tapioloille | ||
essive | Tapiolana | Tapioloina | ||
translative | Tapiolaksi | Tapioloiksi | ||
abessive | Tapiolatta | Tapioloitta | ||
instructive | — | Tapioloin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
edit- Tapiola is the 2637th (tied with 12 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 302 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.