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Tavastian, n. (and a.)|təˈvæstɪan|
[f. Tavast(ehus, Sw. name of the Finnish town of Hämeenlinna in the province of Häme + -ian.]
A member of one of the major ethnic groups of the Finnish people. Also attrib. or as adj. Also ˈTavastlander.
[1891A. Featherman Social Hist. Races Mankind IV. 417 The Finns call themselves in their own language Suomalainen (swamp men)... From the dialects which they speak they are divided into two tribes: the Tawaster and the Karelian... The Tawasters..inhabit the central part of Finland.] 1898J. Abercromby Pre- & Proto-Historic Finns I. i. 3 The Finns of Finland (Suomi) call themselves Suomalaiset, and are broadly divided into two branches, the Tavastlanders (Hämäläiset) and the Karelians (Karjalaiset). 1911Webster, Tavast,..Tavastian..n., a Finn of a type characterized by broad, thickset figure and blond complexion. 1934Ibid., Tavastian, adj. 1935Huxley & Haddon We Europeans vi. 181 These characters are seen among Finns, White Russians and..the Tavastians of Finland. 1957Encycl. Brit. IX. 257/2 The Finns proper... There are two principal subdivisions, the Tavastlanders or Hämäläiset in the south and west and the Karelians or Karjalaiset in the east and north. The Tavastlander has a round head, a broad face, concave nose, fair complexion. 1965E. Jutikkala in Glass & Eversley Pop. in Hist. xxiii. 569 The growth was by no means proportional to that of the 11 Tavastian parishes mentioned. 1966L. Deighton Billion-Dollar Brain ix. 79, I am a typical Tavastian... We are Tavastian people from the south and centre of Finland. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IV. 145/3 The Finns proper, the Tavastlanders (or Tavastians), and the Karelians..had their own chiefs. |