Lahti

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Finnish Lahti. === Proper noun === Lahti (countable and uncountable, plural Lahtis) A city and municipality, the capital of Päijänne Tavastia, Finland. (countable) A surname from Finnish. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === thali, laith, Litha, lathi, tahil, thial, Thali, tahli, Laith == Finnish == === Etymology === From lahti (“bay”). The Tavastian town is named after its location (by a bay), and its name is first attested as Lactis in 1445. The surname is partly from place names, but also popular in the Fennicization of surnames in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɑhti/, [ˈlɑ̝xt̪i] Rhymes: -ɑhti Syllabification(key): Lah‧ti Hyphenation(key): Lah‧ti === Proper noun === Lahti A placename: (uncountable) Lahti (a city and municipality, the capital of Päijänne Tavastia, Finland) Any of a number of small localities in Finland a Finnish surname, Lahti, from landscape ==== Declension ==== (city): The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used when referring to a location; for example, "in Lahti" is Lahdessa. ==== Derived terms ==== lahtelainen ==== Descendants ==== → English: Lahti →⇒ Swedish: Lahtis ==== Statistics ==== Lahti is the 69th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 7,279 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === References === === Anagrams === Halti, halit, hilat, lihat, lihta