Hanko
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English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Hanko
- A port town and municipality on the southern coast of Finland.
Translations
Etymology 2
Both from Polish Hanko and Czech Hanko.
Proper noun
Hanko (plural Hankos)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hanko is the 33596th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 678 individuals. Hanko is most common among White (96.76%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hanko”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125.
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
The Finnish name may be shortened from Hankoniemi or adapted from the Swedish form Hangö, probably ultimately from a Finnish name Hanka, Hankala, derived from hanka. The ö (“island”) in the Swedish name is probably by folk etymology.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hanko
- Hanko (a port town and municipality on the southern coast of Finland)
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Hanko" is Hangossa.
| Inflection of Hanko (Kotus type 1*G/valo, nk-ng gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Hanko | — | ||
| genitive | Hangon | — | ||
| partitive | Hankoa | — | ||
| illative | Hankoon | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Hanko | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Hanko | — | |
| gen. | Hangon | |||
| genitive | Hangon | — | ||
| partitive | Hankoa | — | ||
| inessive | Hangossa | — | ||
| elative | Hangosta | — | ||
| illative | Hankoon | — | ||
| adessive | Hangolla | — | ||
| ablative | Hangolta | — | ||
| allative | Hangolle | — | ||
| essive | Hankona | — | ||
| translative | Hangoksi | — | ||
| abessive | Hangotta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Derived terms
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN