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单词 tavastian
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Tavastiann.adj.

/təˈvastɪan/
Etymology: < Tavast(ehus, Swedish name of the Finnish town of Hämeenlinna in the province of Häme + -ian suffix.
A member of one of the major ethnic groups of the Finnish people. Also attributive or as adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > ethnicities > Ural-Altaic > [noun] > Finn > Finnish tribes or peoples
Cheremis1652
Ostyak1698
Mordvin1736
Vote1827
Udmurt1859
Vepsian1859
Tavgi1875
Cheremissian1879
Mordva1883
Mordvinian1883
Tavastlander1898
Tavastian1909
Khanty1947
Mordovian1957
1891 A. 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.]
1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tavast,..Tavastian.., a Finn of a type characterized by broad, thickset figure and blond complexion.
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tavastian, adj.
1935 J. S. Huxley & A. C. Haddon We Europeans vi. 181 These characters are seen among Finns, White Russians and..the Tavastians of Finland.
1965 E. Jutikkala in D. V. Glass & D. E. C. Eversley Population in Hist. xxiii. 569 The growth was by no means proportional to that of the 11 Tavastian parishes mentioned.
1966 L. Deighton Billion-dollar Brain ix. 79 I am a typical Tavastian... We are Tavastian people from the south and centre of Finland.

Derivatives

ˈTavastlander n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > ethnicities > Ural-Altaic > [noun] > Finn > Finnish tribes or peoples
Cheremis1652
Ostyak1698
Mordvin1736
Vote1827
Udmurt1859
Vepsian1859
Tavgi1875
Cheremissian1879
Mordva1883
Mordvinian1883
Tavastlander1898
Tavastian1909
Khanty1947
Mordovian1957
1898 J. Abercromby Pre- & Proto-hist. 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).
1957 Encycl. 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.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IV. 145/3 The Finns proper, the Tavastlanders (or Tavastians), and the Karelians..had their own chiefs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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