Vasa, a county or län of Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia. The noble Swedish family of Vasa (see GUSTAVUS VASA) is named from its armorial bearings, a bundle of yarn (vasa).
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 431
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