Standard Lemma guide

hanko

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 NG K OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A port town and municipality of Uusimaa, on the southern coast of Finland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

name

Meaning 2

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A traditional Japanese stamp bearing a personal seal, used (in place of a handwritten signature) to authorise or certify documents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Hanko.

Both from Polish Hanko and Czech Hanko.

Borrowed from Japanese 版行(はんこ) (hanko).

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 漢科 /汉科 (Hànkē) — town
  • Finnish: Hanko — town
  • Russian: Гангут (Gangut) — town
  • Swedish: Hangö — town